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A Last Minute Influence Op by Data DDoS

2017-05-06 by grugq Leave a Comment

Where there’s smoke, there’s a smoke machine! Today, just before the legally required 48 hour French media election coverage blackout came into effect, “Someone,” released a 9 gigabyte archive of alleged Macron related emails. This dump has been much anticipated. Just a couple weeks ago I explained the rationale behind the prediction that they would release […]

Filed Under: The Struggle Tagged With: cyber, French Election, Influence Operations, Infosec, Politics

Agent of Influence 2.0

2016-10-19 by grugq Leave a Comment

An agent of influence is a particular type of agent used by an agency to deliver information (or a narrative) they hope will sway public opinion. There are three types of agent of influence: Controlled Agent — an agent under the direct control of an agency Trusted Contact — someone who is aware that they are being fed data […]

Filed Under: The Struggle Tagged With: Influence Operations, Intelligence, Security

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