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@jsrailton
Apr 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Report: Russia seeking to interfere in US elections & undermine support for #Ukraine.

Tactics include propaganda-laundering.👇 1/

By @selectedwisdom
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…
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2/ Rigged courts. Election Fraud... Sound familiar?

It's the work of another #Russian propaganda operator highlighted by @Microsoft that amplifies socially divisive narratives.
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@Microsoft 3/ The now-familiar hack-and-leak targeting of US political figures = dynamic to watch as 2024 elections approach.

I think media still struggles to responsibly cover "leak"-branded political hacks.

No doubt Russia has made the same observation.

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4/ #China is also actively targeting the US with divisive election-focused propaganda.

The @microsoft report interestingly highlights their use of #AI to augment & enhance images and content. Image

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Apr 14
Good morning to everyone except the "OSINT" accounts that spent last night spreading fake, alarmist & unconfirmed content.
2/ OSINT: Open Source INtelligence.

Owes its good reputation to groups like @Bellingcat that carefully VERIFY material before using it in analysis.

But today, if you find "OSINT" in the handle, there's a good chance that you will find neither verification nor analysis.
3/ How to run an "OSINT"-branded grift:

1️⃣Copy unverified spicy videos from Telegram channels, other accounts etc.

2️⃣ Strip sourcing because, hey, don't want to help competitor "OSINT" accounts get clout.

3️⃣Add hyperbolic & alarming caption.

4️⃣ Amplify.
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Apr 13
Be wary of OSINT-branded accounts recycling faked & old footage of airstrikes, explosions, interceptions etc.

It happens every time, but in New Twitter they have a direct financial incentive to push out inflammatory nonsense.

There's more 1/
2/ The annoying practice of some OSINT-branded accounts of repeating headlines ginned up & borrowed from somewhere without citation as if it's their own...

Is reckless & dangerous during fast moving conflict where there is huge potential for *consequential* misunderstandings.
3/ Exercise extreme caution in what you amplify & believe.

Twitter is awash with a flood tide of falsehoods tonight.

Some is the work of people trying to farm revenue.

And some is disinformation seeking to seed specific false perceptions.
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Apr 10
IMPORTANT: has @Apple recently sent you a #MercenarySpyware threat notification?

This is serious. Seek expert help.

If you're a journalist, activist, dissident, academic, etc. etc: ✅contact the @accessnow Digital Security Helpline.

accessnow.org/help/
2/ @Apple's notifications continue to play critical role in helping #MercenarySpyware targets get help & take action.

And they keep leading to accountability.

To date, Apple says they have notified users in 150 countries.

That's a jaw-dropping illustration of the scale of the mercenary spyware proliferation.

You can learn more about the notifications here: support.apple.com/en-us/102174Image
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3/ If you'd like to learn a bit more about why I recommend the Access Now Digital Security Helpline & what to do if you get a threat notification from @apple, this is a helpful resource:
accessnow.org/help/access-no…


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Apr 2
WHOA: Judgments thrown out after role of hackers-for-hire revealed + Judge orders millions in damages.

New chapter in accountability for law firms using shady services.

Both @reuters & we @citizenlab have investigated #DarkBasin group 1/

By @razhael reuters.com/world/uk/us-ex…

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2/ In 2020, alongside @reuters we @citizenlab exposed a massive Indian hack-for-hire operation.

In sprawling target list... a slew of US nonprofits working on climate change.

Whose presumably-hacked emails wound up in hostile PR & litigation.

Report: citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-b…



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@Reuters @citizenlab 3/ Another hack-for-hire target group? US nonprofits @fightfortheftr & @freepress.

Targeted just as they were fighting for net neutrality (remember that?).

Targeting exposed by @evacide & @cooperq @EFF. We later attributed to the #DarkBasin crew.
eff.org/deeplinks/2017…
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Mar 28
On new Twitter, experts are harassed & drowned out.

Exceptionally bad during crises.

Any chance of follow-up questions or dialogue in replies is buried under a dismal scroll of blue check throwaway taunts, abuse & ignorance.

No wonder experts are stepping away.
If you've watched the last 24h, you saw the consequences of Twitter's war on expertise:

Expert voices on #Baltimore got profoundly less engagement & impressions than clout-chasing accounts monetizing misinformation, sensationalism & conspiracy theorizing.
The pitch of new Twitter included leveling the playing field for citizen journalism & expertise.

Manifestly hasn't happened.

Instead, everyone with 8 dollars got a Vuvuzela.

As importants events go down, citizen journalists & pros alike are drowned out.
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Mar 24
Growing push to spread misleading cybersecurity claims about voting in the run-up to November.

Nothing to do with actual cybersecurity research into election integrity.

This is a perception-shaping strategy to create the option for a Trump-led rejection of a genuine result.
2/ Cybersecurity experts saying most things are, in theory, hackable...

...are NOT confirming misinformation about the November election.

'In theory we could go to Mars' doesn't manifest a rocket ship on the pad, ready to launch in November.
3/Actual election integrity experts are bound by facts & carefully-stated probabilities.

The misinformation effort uses a lot of games, like: "Is X is 100% impossible? Yes or no?"

Knowing the expert answer will be rarely be "100% No" but instead like "99.999% unlikely"...
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