This thread by @yashar & one by @file411 that I will link to next is a good head's up that there are still a number of fake #resistance accnts just waiting to flip into pro-Trump #MAGA accounts. Much like the astroturfed #Walkaway campaign of a few yrs ago
However, there were examples of things that seemed a little amiss and clear red flags this was a troll account like this particular reply tweet. Clearly aimed at being divisive, incendiary and creating conflict. #infoOps#osint#disinfo#Election2020#vote
This type of information warfare / deception campaign reminds me of our Rally Forge thread where a TPUSA associated domestic troll farm in Phoenix was caught creating fake progressive left & far left #DSA accnts 2 attack the Democratic center #election2020
Or his thread from last year where we found some troll accounts spreading disinformation that Ivanka had Chinese voting machines already in place to cast doubt on the upcoming election. This of course is absolutely not true. #election2020#infoOps#disinfo
These main nodes, that pushed the Ivanka Trump Chinese voting machines #disinfo, @ann_cannon & @siano4progress were later suspended by Twitter presumably for spreading election disinformation. The @neveragainFL account is still live but has gone completely inactive #Election2020
Or actual #DSA or former BernieBro accounts leaking a story of unnamed sources to stir the pot. You know the vote for Jill Stein, there is no difference between the two parties crowd. Why is it always @politico that pushes these unsourced stories? #election2020
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I have seen plenty of sextorsion emails over the past couple of years .... but never a VOTEtorsion email. I guess this is one very unique use of a pilfered voter registration database. h/t @MajikaZulJin#Election2020
Here is an example of a typical sextorsion spam email. None of it is true of course & the same with the VOTEtorsion spam email above. They can not know who you vote for since all voting is anonymous so you can ignore these. #infosec#phishing#infoOps#osint
Actually please contact us if you receive any VOTEtorsion email threatening you to vote a certain way or change party affliation. And try to save the original email for us if possible. Here is more good information from @donie at @CNN#election2020
So apparently DNI Ratcliff has already forgotten what they said about Derkach
So now we have the FBI, which sources say is examing the "Hunter Biden laptop" as part of an investigation into Foreign interference with our election contradicting Trump loyalist and head of DNI, John Ratcliffe. #Election2020#infoOps#osint
So here's a great example of something that is suppose 2 prove something but actually doesnt. This email has been widely used as proof its Hunter Biden's laptop & that his Lawyer now wants it back. However, it proves only one thing. That Hunter possibly has a lawyer named George
The full report by the Stanford Internet Observatory on the take down of the Rally Forge / Turning Point USA domestic troll farm operation is very illuminating and clearly domestic actors are now copying Russian IRA style tactics #infoOps#disinfo#osint
One jaw-dropping section was the discovery that a fake political persona was created & running in Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District. The operation wasn't fully formed and didn't realize much traction. Stanford suggested a number of possible motives. #infoOps#disinfo#osint
Given the political connections Rally Forge has, this was not done as some kind of Borat style joke. It was likely a dry-run test. Keep in mind political candidates, no matter how small have a possible path to blue checkmarked verification status on Twitter for example.
It would appear the Russians have hacked and are dumping Hillary Clinton's emails again .... oh wait ... I am getting something in my earpiece ... "its not the Russians this time?"
Remember some of these headlines back in May? This is a fascinating BREAKING article in the Wall Street Journal about a service called Mixi(.)media. There a number of companies that do this where its not clear who the primary news source is #osint
We came across Mixi(.)media back in May when we were looking at #covid19 disinformation and looked at some of the odd Twitter accounts that were pushing the mixi(.)media stuff. #osint
This service like a number of others like it actually obscure who the true source behind the news banner is. Here are a few banner ad titles the Mixi(.)media redirect link and the final landing source. #osint
It would appear that #LatinosForTrump is as much astroturf as it is wishful thinking. Maybe less "astroturf" than the very fake "#AmishForTrump" that got skewered on Twitter. Russian media defended the lady with designer sunglasses, an iPhone & Gucci handbag as being Amish
And no doubt Russia will come to the aid of the #LatinosForTrump campaign as well. We looked at this recent tweet by the Trump campaign sanctioned account @\EquipoTrump promoting the hashtag #LatinosForTrump with a campaign video. We reviewed the first 210 most immediate retweets
Not surprisingly there were alot of relatively new accounts and a seeming paucity of authentic Hispanic accounts.