The Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of Europe

Credit to Author: Morgan Meaker| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Moldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more.

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A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:27:03 +0000

APT42, which is believed to work for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump’s and Biden’s campaigns this spring, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group.

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J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows

Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Tim Marchman, Andrew Couts| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:02:36 +0000

The Republican VP nominee’s Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist’s close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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How a Right-Wing Controversy Could Sabotage US Election Security

Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Republicans who run elections are split over whether to keep working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to fight hackers, online falsehoods, and polling-place threats.

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