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Breaking: @FbdnStories @thecontinent_ @dossier_center @openDemocracy @istories_media @aeowinpact We've identified 60 agents working for the Company and reveal the identity of the SVR officers behind the takeover of the large-scale influence operations
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A data leak has allowed Forbidden Stories to identify more than 60 of its agents tasked with expanding Moscow’s disinformation efforts across three continents.
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🇷🇺📰 #PropagandaMachine: Inside the secret files revealing Russia's plan for global influence. As part of our latest investigation, we authenticated and analyzed more than 1,400 pages of internal documents obtained by @thecontinent_, including… https://t.co/mNEsBCyDN9
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Worth remembering that a recent @aeowinpact report indicated that there were at least 32 South Africans serving in the Russian army, with two reported dead:
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Have you secured your spot to Ask an Expert? Join us on Wednesday, February 25 with #Graphika Senior Investigator @jean_leroux and Intelligence Specialist Angie Waller to learn how scammers are industrializing brand impersonation with tactics that can target any
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Another great story/project by @FbdnStories—this time exposing Russian intelligence agencies’ massive propaganda campaigns across Africa and Latin America. https://t.co/JfCSq2aJBt
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Thanks to an unprecedented data leak, Forbidden Stories reveals what goes on behind "The Company", a network of experts tasked with orchestrating disinformation campaigns around the world on Russia’s...
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New Blog: More #OSINT tools ≠ better intelligence. AI didn’t replace analysts. It replaced the illusion of analysis. OSINT is still a thinking game. Read it here: https://t.co/uIwYC1LVJW
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I had forgotten the robustness of the debates on this platform.
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This is an important thread. But worth understanding too: that probably every political party in SA, and large numbers of influential political actors, are both the beneficiaries, and targets, of disinformation campaigns. They’re not all at the instance of foreign states…
A study I did with @issafrica during the 2024 South African General elections identified a network of local influencers targeting the DA, with almost 80k posts on X. This takes on a much more sinister meaning considering the recent leak to @thecontinent_ on Russian IO in Africa.
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We're heading into another election year, and I dearly hope the @IECSouthAfrica has learned their lessons from the previous elections. The world is certainly looking different, but there is no need to be complacent when it comes to safeguarding our democratic freedoms.
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A local influencer confirmed they were approached and paid by Russian individuals during interviews with other members of the research team, although they stopped short of saying which hashtags or campaigns they were involved in.
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The campaign also made use of seemingly staged "vox pop" interviews with alleged disaffected DA voters, and placed physical posters with QR codes to the DumbAlliance website around Durban.
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...that suggested the video was created in a timezone outside of South Africa, in a +3 timezone.
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Central to this network was the (now offline) https://t.co/AMp5G6l5xL website, a dossier of sorts sharing scandals related to DA members. Although the site took steps to remain anonymous, a 20 sec clip (of the DA's John Steenhuizen stuttering) on the site contained metadata...
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The ISS report found local influencers used one of 11 hashtags including #dumballiance, #stoptheda and #doomsdayforda to target the party in the runup to the elections, on election day, and during GNU negotiations. https://t.co/EkUFGljtO6
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A study I did with @issafrica during the 2024 South African General elections identified a network of local influencers targeting the DA, with almost 80k posts on X. This takes on a much more sinister meaning considering the recent leak to @thecontinent_ on Russian IO in Africa.
Today, INPACT reveals the takeover of the Wagner Group's influence arm – Africa Politology – by the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service. Thanks to a leak of previously unpublished documents, we are able to show when the SVR regained control of the network, its activities
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One company called St. Fortunes Travels and Logistics located in Nigeria is directly advertising to join the Russian army on social media @NGRPresident @NGRSenate @HouseNGR @NigeriaMFA @PoliceNG
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Russian intelligence influence operations in South Africa, Namibia and Angola include efforts to "launch a counter-campaign against the DA", undermine opposition parties in Namibia and block the Lobito Corridor project in Angola.
Today, INPACT reveals the takeover of the Wagner Group's influence arm – Africa Politology – by the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence service. Thanks to a leak of previously unpublished documents, we are able to show when the SVR regained control of the network, its activities
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Someone needs to explain a "career ending cortisol spike" to me. I have two of these before my second cup of coffee each day and I'm fine.
Clavicular almost caught a CAREER-ENDING cortisol spike after a LARPMAXXED stacy tried jesterfying him on stream by calling him a good boy while he was mid-mog between 2 LOW-TIER NORMIES at ASU😭
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Register now for a spot at our upcoming webinar, Ask An Expert: How Scammers Impersonate Brands Across Platforms. Join us on Wednesday, February 25 as Graphika Senior Investigator Jean le Roux and Intelligence Specialist Angie Waller share how scammers are industrializing brand
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Ahead of today's 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Graphika analyzed recent online communities and conversation topics surrounding the games using a broad set of categories to identify signals of risk. What to know: 🏅 Over the past two months, discussion
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Geopolitical tensions, ideological campaigns, and fraud schemes: Graphika maps online risks targeting the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
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