Cyberwarfare: the invisible war
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Inside Prighozin's Troll Factory
"People who accuse us of hosting some trolls out here are simply liars. But the reason why they lie is not because they are not smart enough or something, but because they have a mission to discredit us."
"This is a propaganda war.”
Yevgeny Zubarev,
Former Director,
Internet Research Agency.
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Patriot media conglomerate shut down on 30 June, shortly after the Wagner chief’s mutiny attempt. The conglomerate included the infamous “troll factory” and “media factory” that employed hundreds of people. Hardly anyone but Patriot’s former employees would ever lament the conglomerate’s departure. We delve deeper into the origins of Prigozhin’s media empire to find out how those “factories” came to be and how they operated.
"Online in Iran, inciting verbal quarrels and hate-mongering against different groups in a comprehensive and daily manner ultimately leaves the public with a chaotic and disappointing scene which suggests that resistance forces have disintegrated, whereas what we see is merely a puppet show by cyber forces in which an army of zombies and groups of inexperienced and ignorant social media users play the role of foot soldiers."
"In Iran, the Islamic Republic has created one of the biggest troll armies in the world. In October 2018, Twitter reported that it has taken action against states that try to conduct campaigns of fake news and misinformation on Twitter. In the same year, Twitter took down 4,779 accounts belonging to agents of the Islamic Republic while blocking only four similar Russian accounts."
More than 5,000 pages of documents from a Moscow-based contractor offer glimpse into planning and training that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity.
Major Canadian grocery chain says cyberattack cost $25 million
Did you think you were #cybersafe? Think again.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sobeys-cyber-attack-25-million-1.6686838