"In recent weeks, a cluster of anonymous Russian-language social media accounts has called for the takeover of the Estonian city of Narva and described it as “Russian land.”

For its mayor, this fake story has become a real problem."

#Russia #EU #Europe #hybridwar
#Narva #Estonia
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-a-fake-russian-story-became-a-real-problem-for-estonia/

Russia-linked hackers are increasing cyberattacks targeted at Europe's critical infrastructure, Sweden's defense ministry said.

#Russia #EU #Europe #hybridwar
https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-warns-russia-is-ramping-up-cyberattacks-on-critical-infrastructure/

It's not the first time a member of the military’s intelligence community has been charged with spying.

In 2012, former sub-lieutenant Jeffrey Paul Delisle pleaded guilty to selling information to the Russians. He was also charged with breaching trust and communicating safeguarded information to a foreign entity.

#Espionage #TerrorStateRussia #HybridWar #CdnPoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/department-national-defence-espionage-9.7012594

Hostile actors use both disinformation ad misinformation tactics to destabilize democratic countries in depth. As the target is to damage political, social and economic institutions, nobody should be impressed if social fabric in western countries is always target of internal threats while dictatorial regimes not.
Somehow the false narrative seems to say “hey, we live in heaven so you are the evil.”

#InfoSec #Threats #HybridWar #Security

infographic: https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/data/cdn/infographic-media/dadc3dac/4b46/4fe9/aa89/2c1de7479475/16_La%20disinformazione%20contro%20le%20democrazie%20liberali.pdf

ISW: "... The Kremlin’s effort to build a global media conglomerate and a cadre of Russia-trained journalists pre-dates Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ...
The Kremlin’s effort to expand its global media conglomerate has continued and evolved since 2022. ...
Russian media partnerships and training are key pillars of the Russian occupation and efforts to exert control over other states. ..."
#Kremlin #Russia #hybridwar #Europe #USA #Africa #Asia #LatinAmerica

https://understandingwar.org/research/cognitive-warfare/the-kremlins-expanding-media-conglomerate/?utm_source=utm_bs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=KremlinMediaConglomerate