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The devil is in the details
Russian propaganda and fakes pose a threat to the whole world
Fakes and propaganda often imperceptibly penetrate the news feed and social networks, shaping people's thoughts, or doubts, or emotions. When this is repeated in a circle, a person inevitably becomes a carrier of the "information virus", regardless of position, status and profession. The only thing that can save her from this is to rely on facts and evidence. But it is important to determine their source.
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Agents of the Russian special services were detained in Poland
Game agents were detained in Poland on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks on international flights. Criminals were preparing to set fire to parcels on board cargo and passenger planes bound for the USA and Canada.
The Financial Times writes that the Polish prosecutor's office has issued international arrest warrants for two more people suspected of involvement in the preparation of sabotage. By the way, earlier the Lithuanian police arrested a suspect in sending four explosive devices, in particular through the DHL company in Vilnius. The detainee introduced himself as Igor Prudnikov, but the investigation found out that his real name is Alexander Suranovas, and he acted for the benefit of the special services of the kremlin.
A blogger from the USA spread pre-election fakes for Russian money
An American registered on the X social network under the nickname AlphaFox78 published a fake video where a Haitian immigrant claimed to have voted at least twice in Georgia for Vice President Kamala Harris. As stated in the CNN investigation, the propagandist-podcaster Simeon Boykov paid for this publication him 100 dollars.
In addition, it was established that a russian agent paid $100 each at least 10 times for the publication of memes and videos on the AlphaFox78 account.
In this way, another method of disinformation during the elections was revealed - the creation and distribution of fake videos by influential bloggers. russians target influencers, or rather their followers. Also, according to US intelligence, the stories that Boykov and AlphaFox shared on their pages originated from a russian disinformation campaign called Storm-1516.
The Kremlin's anti-Israel rhetoric is reinforced by the arming of Jerusalem's opponents
In parallel with the spread of anti-Israel "truth" in the world, moscow is actively helping Israel's enemies with military means. The Wall Street Journal published an investigation (https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-provided-targeting-data-for-houthi-assault-on-global-shipping-eabc2c2b?st=HtmFp4) that in early 2024, russia provided the Yemeni Houthis (a Shia-Zaydi terrorist paramilitary group operating in Yemen) with satellite data that they used to attack Western ships in the Red Sea.
At the end of September, Reuters reported that russia may hand over Yakhont anti-ship missiles to the Houthis, and Iran is mediating the negotiations. In turn, UN experts in their reports repeatedly talked about attempts to smuggle russian Kornet anti-tank guided missiles, AKS20U assault rifles, etc. to Yemen.
Iran, which hates Israel, was involved in this scheme.It will be recalled that moscow never officially condemned the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023. On the contrary, two weeks after the attack, russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the militants. And this despite the fact that among the hostages of Hamas were citizens of the russian Federation.The kremlin claims leadership in that part of the Global South that denies Israel's right to exist. And it seems that the anti-Israel policy of the russians will only deepen. In September, putin ordered the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between russia and Iran.
Finland and the USA record large-scale operations of influence on the part of the Kremlin
According to the information of the Minister of the Interior of Finland, Lulu Ranne, cited by Reuters, it is about numerous cases of sabotage, cyberattacks and destabilization that create an atmosphere of uncertainty and doubt in society.
The law enforcement agencies of the country established that moscow is involved in:
• interference with GPS signals in sea and air transport in Finland;
• a cyber attack on the Fortum company, its facilities in Finland and Sweden, as well as the deployment of suspicious persons and drones to the company's facilities;
• DDoS attack on the largest bank in the Nordea region;
• numerous thefts at water supply facilities.
The United States announced that russia was involved in the creation of a fake video of the destruction of ballots for Donald Trump. In the video, a person is sorting through and tearing up the ballots cast for Trump. Such a fake received millions of views on the X (Twitter) platform and is part of a russian disinformation operation. This is stated in the article of The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/russia-disinformation-campaign-pennsylvania-ballots
The Bucks County (Pennsylvania) Board of Elections has officially called the video a fake, saying the envelope and other materials depicted in the footage are fake. The kremlin has long been destabilizing the US election process and attacking candidates with deepfakes. The Washington Post wrote that russia lied to Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. In the fake materials, he is accused of inappropriate communication with students during his work as a teacher and coach many years ago. Millions of people watched a video on the X platform with Matthew Metro pretending to be a Walz student. The real Matthew Metro, who now lives in Hawaii, said another person was speaking on his behalf in the video. He did attend the high school where Walz worked, but he was never his teacher.
"These Russian activities are part of a broader effort by Moscow to raise baseless questions about the integrity of US elections and to inflame divisiveness among Americans," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Security Agency said in a joint statement. infrastructure (CISA).
Russia is trying to bring Poles and Ukrainians into conflict against the backdrop of a natural disaster
A number of videos of dubious quality and false posts in which Poles allegedly blame Ukrainians for their troubles after the September flood spread online.Main topics:• Ukrainians are looting Polish shops (there were indeed cases of looting in Poland, but the participation of Ukrainians was not confirmed in any of them);
• Poles cannot stay in a hotel, fleeing from a natural disaster, because all the places are occupied by Ukrainians (there is no mention of Ukrainians in the original posts);• the money collected for the injured Poles will be given to the Ukrainians (in fact, Poland allocated significant financial aid to the affected citizens - only the first tranche is almost €5 million, and the EU allocated another €5 billion to Poland).The Polish Research Institute NASK, which monitors disinformation on the Internet, believes that russia may be behind these fakes. And the Polish military officially accused the kremlin of conducting the IPSO against the background of the flood.
The information war waged by the Russian Federation against the West reached Canada and Japan
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accused the russian media holding "rt" of funding bloggers and YouTube channel authors in North America who spread messages to "destabilize democracy".Trudeau said that "rt" sponsors, for example, Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and other "right-wing bloggers". In addition, the prime minister mentioned the recent scandal with the Tenet Media channel. He also believes that it was russia in 2022 that intensified the chaos surrounding the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada. It will be recalled that this movement began as an anti-vaccination protest and turned into riots.
In a recent interview with Ukrinform, the Chairman of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Ali Ehsassi, noted that despite the ban, russian media resources "remain active and now engage third-party media platforms to spread their disinformation." In addition, according to Ehsassi, the Canadian government understands that russia is not interested in the stability of the world order.
"Another important aspect is the increasingly close interaction between the authoritarian regimes of russia, North Korea and Iran. Such a development encourages very close cooperation with our allies to oppose the intentions of these authoritarian states."Meanwhile, the website of Japan's ruling party was attacked by kremlin hackers. The responsibility for the cyberattack on the resource of the Liberal Democratic Party lies with the group NoName057(16) and the cyber army of russia. As noted by the Record, Japan became the victim of a cyberattack due to the upcoming large-scale joint military exercises with the United States.In addition, according to local media, russian DDoS attacks also targeted Japanese institutions, including shipbuilding companies, legal consulting agencies, as well as financial and government services.
Kremlin cybercriminals are attacking government websites and companies in Belgium
Hackers use DDoS attacks to overload servers with an excessive number of malicious requests, making websites inaccessible to real users.
In particular, the websites of the banking federation Febelfin, the Ministry of Economy, and the port of Antwerp-Zebrugge are not working. The website of the Belgian Cyber Security Center is also unavailable.
According to VRT (https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/10/10/hackerscollectief-opnieuw/), the pro-russian hacker group NoName057 is involved in cyberattacks. Hackers claim that their actions are a response to the statement of Defense Minister Lyudivin Dedonder about the intention to purchase three Caesar artillery installations for Ukraine.
Let's add that NoName057 has been carrying out attacks on allied sites since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.
At the same time, a fairly powerful cyber community is also working on the side of Ukraine, which neutralizes similar hacker groups, as well as institutions involved in the kremlin's armed and informational aggression. You can join here
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