New fake story which almost certainly leads to Russian cringe factory: "Female Trump supporter got assaulted by Democratic party supported in Johnstown PA" gnidaproject.substack.com/p/fake-news-fe…

THE WAGNER GROUP is the product of nearly a decade of tracking Russian paramilitaries from Ukraine to West Africa, beginning with my time with Fulbright Ukraine, then with C4ADS, and finally independently as an author. 1/

Looks like FBI / U.S. Department of Justice disrupted at least 13 of Doppelganger's original sites:

A new DoJ indictment alleges that RT employees "covertly fund[ed] and direct[ed]" a US company with $10m in order to push pro-Russia content. The company is based in Tennessee. There is one media company based in Tennessee with the same phrase listed in the indictment...

Comme un air de déjà vu. Les accusation d'ingérences informationnelles de la Russie resurgissent depuis hier dans la campagne présidentielle américaine, avec une implication directe de la chaîne RT et du réseau RRN/Doppelgänger. Quelques éléments d'analyse :🧶⤵️1/11

J'analyse cette recomposition de l'écosystème d'influence russe dans mon livre sur RT publié cette année chez INA.fr, et dans un article coécrit avec Colin Gerard pour la revue Réseaux à paraître très prochainement. 11/11

Cité dans ce papier de Pierre Sautreuil sur les récentes actions entreprises par l’administration américaine à l’encontre du groupe RT et de l’opération Doppelgänger.

VIGINUM dresse un bilan de la menace informationnelle observée lors des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 sur la période d’avril 2023 au 8 septembre 2024 #JOParis2024 ➡️ sgdsn.gouv.fr/publications/s…

Reposting this as there are a lot of misconceptions about what US law enforcement can and cannot obtain from messaging services.

State Dept: “RT moved beyond being simply a media outlet; […] it engaged in information operations, covert influence, and military procurement. These operations are targeting countries around the world, including in Europe, Africa, North & South America” state.gov/alerting-the-w…

Worth reupping this investigation we did on the Kremlin’s plans for Moldova in light of RT’s now-exposed intelligence operation targeting its election: yahoo.com/news/exclusive…

📱❗Kremlin-controlled propaganda center's leaked files reveal how a well-coordinated Russian campaign supported far-right parties in the European Parliament elections & planted anti-Ukrainian disinformation. Read our #FactoryofFakes investigation 👉 vsquare.org/leaked-files-p…

Pro-Russia narratives, memes, “augmented reality and fakes registry”: how the Kremlin-hired disinformation agency works Thread🧵

Remember this meme Elon Musk posted? Apparently it was created by someone named Sofiya, who worked for a Russian government agency sanctioned by the US and aimed at spreading propaganda in the West. Схеми got access to a massive data leak and uncovered some interesting details.

The latest Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) elections report is now available, detailing Russian influence activities by actors such as Storm-1516, Storm-1679, Ruza Flood, Volga Flood, and more: msft.it/6019mpiUN

Pivoting off the excellent reporting in the #FactoryofFakes stories into Russia’s Social Design Agency aka Doppelganger, I’ve found a network of live X accounts which appear highly likely to be part of the operation. Spoiler alert: they’re very dumb. Thread

LOL. The Kremin’s Doppelgänger network has reportedly started spreading this truly awful AI-generated country music song urging Americans to “rise up” against a country “gone crazy.” Plus there’s some “Zelensky is a junkie” stuff. Absolutely pathetic.

Bellingcat explores the mysterious Hungarian company linked to the exploding pagers from Tuesday’s attack in Lebanon that left at least 12 dead and almost 3000 injured. Researchers found an unreported name associated with the consulting firm. bellingcat.com/news/2024/09/2…

Same energy

Au Tchad, deux influenceurs politiques russes proches du groupe Wagner, Maksim Shugaley et Samir Seïfan, ont été interpellés jeudi dernier lors de leur arrivée à l'aéroport de N'Djamena. L'information a été dévoilée hier soir par le Ministère russe des Affaires étrangères.