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Well, this is pretty big.

@reddit confirms that the dissemination of the UK/US trade leaks was "tied to" the earlier Russian operation "Secondary Infektion":

reddit.com/r/redditsecuri…
The @Graphika_NYC report is here, pointing out how the initial dissemination of the leaks resembled the earlier operation.

(Note that there's no suggestion the UK leaks were faked, whereas the earlier operation used fakes all the time.)

graphika.com/reports/UK-tra…
And here's the reporting the @DFRLab team, including myself, did back in June, after @Facebook exposed this operation and confirmed it originated from Russia.
medium.com/dfrlab/top-tak…
In a nutshell, Secondary Infektion posted fake docs on a distinctive collection of websites, including meinbezirk (Austrian local news) and homment (small German forum), then posted the links directly to influencers.
The trade leaks first dropped on Reddit, then on meinbezirk and homment, then Before It's News, and then Twitter, where they were tweeted directly to opposition figures (not just Labour), with an anti-government tone.
Reddit's comment underscores the resemblance, after they compared Secondary Infektion and the accounts in the trade leaks.
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