Researchers: Large language models will revolutionize digital propaganda campaigns

Advances in machine learning will make it cheaper and easier to carry out influence operations at scale.

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Chinese influence operation seeks to sow political discord, ‘aggressively’ targets U.S. midterms

China has increased its aggressive actions and rhetoric around politics, other divisive issues, researchers say.

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Senate reports details inefficiencies, confusion at key U.S. counterintelligence center

Sen. Mark Warner said “new threats and new technology mean that we have to make substantial adjustments to our counterintelligence posture.”

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FBI director expects onslaught of digital assaults targeting midterm elections

U.S. Cyber Command has conducted 50 hunt forward operations to combat election interference and other threats to U.S. interests, according to Gen. Paul Nakasone.

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Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine

The Russian propaganda focuses on the threat that Ukrainian refugees could bring economic hardship to Europe.

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The Ukraine war could provide a cyberwarfare manual for Chinese generals eyeing Taiwan

China’s certainly watching Russia’s missteps in cyberspace, as well as the U.S. response.

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Chinese influence operation aimed to protect Beijing’s stake in rare earth mining, research finds

The latest operation of the Dragonbridge information campaign shows signs of refinement, researchers said.

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CISA advisory panel wants agency to act on election disinformation, multifactor authentication

CISA’s director has 90 days to respond to the suggestions.

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Chinese state media propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches

Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days.

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Hunter Biden emails that Trump allies shared contain signs of possible ‘tampering,’ analysis suggests

Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said.

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