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# Incident I00006: Columbian Chemicals
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* **Summary:** Early Russian (IRA) “fake news” stories. Completely fabricated; very short lifespan.
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* **incident type**: incident
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* **Year started:** 2014
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* **Countries:** Russia , USA
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* **Found via:**
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* **Date added:** 2019-02-24
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| Technique | Description given for this incident |
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| [T0007 Create fake Social Media Profiles / Pages / Groups](../techniques/T0007.md) | I00006T004 Fake twitter profiles to amplify |
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| [T0015 Create hashtag](../techniques/T0015.md) | I00006T003 Create and use hashtag |
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| [T0024 Create fake videos and images](../techniques/T0024.md) | I00006T002 Fake video/images |
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| [T0039 Bait legitimate influencers](../techniques/T0039.md) | I00006T005 bait journalists/media/politicians |
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| [T0043 Use SMS/ WhatsApp/ Chat apps](../techniques/T0043.md) | I00006T001 Use SMS/text messages |
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| [T0055 Use hashtag](../techniques/T0055.md) | I00006T003 Create and use hashtag |
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Actor: probably IRA (source: recordedfuture)
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Timeframe: 1 day
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Date: Sept 11 2014
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Presumed goals: test deployment
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Method:
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* Artefacts: text messages, images, video
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* Create messages. e.g. “A powerful explosion heard from miles away happened at a chemical plant in Centerville, Louisiana #ColumbianChemicals”
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* Post messages from fake twitter accounts; include handles of local and global influencers (journalists, media, politicians, e.g. @senjeffmerkley)
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* Amplify, by repeating messages on twitter via fake twitter accounts
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* Not seen: interaction, refutation etc.
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* TL;DR: early attempts to create fake incidents had limited traction.
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Counters:
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* None seen. Fake stories were debunked very quickly.
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Related incidents:
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* BP oil spill tsunami
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* #PhosphorusDisaster - fake story about water contamination scare
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* #EbolaInAtlanta - fake story about Ebola outbreak in Atlanta
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* #shockingmurderinatlanta - fake story about unarmed black woman killed by police in Atlanta
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These were all well-produced fake news stories, promoted on Twitter to influencers through a single dominant hashtag (the single hashtag might have been something learned from crisismapping practice of forcing a single hashtag for each disaster because it was easier to track)
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References:
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* [RecordedFuture trace of attack]()
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Chemicals_Plant_explosion_hoax
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* https://www.recordedfuture.com/columbianchemicals-hoax-analysis/
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html?_r=0
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* https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhosphorusDisaster?src=hash
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