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9/17/2020 17:16:56,508A8K4X,"Russia, Iran, China >>> United States 2019",,"Department of Homeland Security, ABC",,"ABC, DHS",United States,Media,"Russia, Iran, China",,"Russia, Iran, China",,Direct Attribution,,DHS Analyst: Russian Narratives Spread About Biden Mental Health,"ABC leaked a draft of a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin on Russian efforts to promote “allegations about the poor mental health” of former Vice President Joe Biden. The memo also mentioned Iranian and Chinese propaganda about President Donald Trumps mental health. Although the memo was submitted on July 7, it was never released because it “failed to meet the agencys standards.”",https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-withheld-july-intelligence-bulletin-calling-russian-attack/story?id=72747130,https://web.archive.org/web/20200914112820/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-withheld-july-intelligence-bulletin-calling-russian-attack/story?id=72747130,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Joe_Biden_%2848554137807%29.jpg,Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia,,,,,9/1/2019,5/31/2020,9/2/2020,,364505,51197,33345,449047,167,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,0,1,1,1,4,0,1,0,1,0,2,8,14
9/18/2020 0:30:37,20W6K0PZ,Russia >>> United States 2020,,Kamala Harris,Senator Kamala Harris,,United States,Influential Individual,Russia,,Russia,,Direct Attribution,,Harris: Foreign Interference Could Cost Her the Election,"Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) said foreign interference could potentially cost her and former Vice President Joe Biden the White House in November. “I do believe that there will be foreign interference in the 2020 election and that Russia will be at the front of the line,” she said.",https://apnews.com/79be8d5f69b1bfbcc55dbaec3ca001e4,https://web.archive.org/web/20200918042650/https://apnews.com/79be8d5f69b1bfbcc55dbaec3ca001e4,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Kamala_Harris_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg,Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia,,,,,,,9/6/2020,,215927,6664,3568,226159,26,1,1,0,0,1,3,1,1,0,2,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6
9/18/2020 0:42:07,24DYHJXI,Russia >>> United States 2020,U.S. Intelligence,Department of Homeland Security,,,United States,Government,Russia,,Russia,,Direct Attribution,vote,DHS: Russia Targeting Confidence in Mail-In Voting,"In an internal bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security warned that Russia was trying to undermine U.S. confidence in mail-in voting. Since March, Russian state media outlets have published criticism of widespread mail-in voting, the bulletin reported.",https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-amplifying-claims-mail-voter-fraud-intel-bulletin/story?id=72799959,https://web.archive.org/save/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-amplifying-claims-mail-voter-fraud-intel-bulletin/story?id=72799959,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/USPS_Mailbox.jpg,Iain Laurence/Wikimedia,State Media,,,,3/1/2020,,9/3/2020,,149663,28378,78931,256972,64,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,0,1,1,1,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,12
9/18/2020 13:13:24,35JWSYN9,Russia >>> United States 2020,Senior U.S. Official,Brian Murphy,,,United States,Government,Russia,,Russia,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,DHS Whistleblower: Told to Stop Writing about Russian Interference,"Brian Murphy, a senior Department of Homeland Security intelligence official, alleged that he was told to stop providing intelligence reports on Russian interference in the 2020 election, in part because it “made the President look bad.” He said he was told to shift the focus to election interference by China and Iran.",https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/homeland-security-russia-trump.html,https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/homeland-security-russia-trump.html,https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/images/18_0709_Brian-J-Murphy.jpg?itok=TmVxNZc2,DHS,,,,,,,9/9/2020,,,,,,0,1,1,1,1,1,5,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8
9/18/2020 13:27:58,B67Q8PAA,Venezuela >>> United States 2020,,"White House, Rick Scott",,,United States,Government,Nicolas Maduro,,Venezuela,,Direct Attribution,,White House: Maduro Inciting Violence at Protests,"The White House said that individuals linked to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have incited violence at the George Floyd protests, but refused to discuss the “non-open source information” supporting that assessment. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) had previously highlighted a similar claim.",https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article243266536.html,https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article243266536.html,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/George_Floyd_Miami_Protest%2C_June_7%2C_2020_17.jpg,Mike Shaheen/Wikimedia,,,,Individuals at protests,,,6/5/2020,,81978,4840,14096,100914,34,1,1,0,0,0,2,0,1,1,2,0,0,1,1,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,7
9/18/2020 17:10:58,TZ3OU1FU,Russia >>> United States 2014,,DFRLab,,,United States,Civil Society Organization,Operation Secondary Infektion,,Russia,,Direct Attribution,,DFRLab: Broad Russian Influence Operation Uncovered,"DFRLab uncovered a broad influence operation originating in Russia. The scale of the operation, its tradecraft, and its obsession with secrecy indicate that it was run by a persistent, sophisticated, and well-resourced organization, possibly an intelligence agency. The activity took place not only on Facebook and Twitter, but also on Medium, Reddit, and other online platforms. In all, more than 30 online services were employed across 9 languages.",https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/operation-secondary-infektion/,https://web.archive.org/web/20200918210426/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/operation-secondary-infektion/,Screenshot,DFRLab,,"Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Forum Board",,,1/1/2014,,6/22/2019,"Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation",527,143,69,739,6,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,0,1,1,1,4,8,17
9/23/2020 12:33:58,W1U1SUQ9,"Russia, China, Iran >>> United States 2020",,Microsoft ,,,United States ,Technology Company,"Strontium, Zirconium, Phosphorus",,"Russia, China, Iran ",,Direct Attribution,,Microsoft: Cyberattacks on Election Campaigns,"Microsoft detected cyberattacks targeting people and organizations involved in the upcoming presidential election, including unsuccessful attacks on both the Trump and Biden campaigns. A Russian group has attempted to hack more than 200 political organizations. Chinese hackers have attacked high-profile individuals associated with the election, particularly the Biden campaign, and has compromised almost 150 accounts. An Iranian hacker group has targeted the accounts of people associated with the Trump campaign, as well as organizations interested in Middle Eastern politics.",https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/10/cyberattacks-us-elections-trump-biden/,https://web.archive.org/web/20200923162921/https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/10/cyberattacks-us-elections-trump-biden/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Microsoft_logo_%282012%29.svg/512px-Microsoft_logo_%282012%29.svg.png,Wikimedia,Independent Media,,,"Email, Domains ",3/1/2020,9/10/2020,9/10/2020,Hacking - Data Exfiltration,,,,,0,0,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,0,1,0,1,0,2,7,14
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9/24/2020 16:42:49,53QRMVHS,Russia >>> United States 2017,,Graphika ,,,United States ,Private Consultancy,Russia,,Russia,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,UK trade,Graphika: UK-US Trade Documents Leaked by Russia,"Graphika assessed that unredacted UK-US trade documents leaked before Britains December 2019 general election were posted and amplified in a way that closely resembled the Russian information operation known as Secondary Infektion. Graphika could not definitively attribute the documents to the unknown actors behind that operation, however.",https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_uk_trade_leaks_updated_12.12.pdf,https://web.archive.org/web/20200924203710/https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_uk_trade_leaks_updated_12.12.pdf,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lenin_museum%2C_Moscow_center.jpg,Wikimedia/Andrey,Independent Media,"Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit",,,5/4/2017,,12/2/2019,"Sockpuppets, Botnets, Hacking - Data Exfiltration",7378,9128,914,17420,27,1,0,1,1,1,4,1,0,1,2,1,1,1,1,0,4,1,1,1,1,0,4,5,13
9/24/2020 16:52:04,025KQA5P,Iran >>> United States ,,"The Daily Beast, Twitter",,DELETE,United States ,Media,Iran ,,Iran ,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,reporter,"Twitter: Fake, Pro-Iran Accounts Impersonate Reporters",Twitter suspended fake accounts impersonating New York Post and Haaretz reporters. The accounts promoted false stories that contained pro-Iranian government propaganda as well as attacks on Iranian opposition groups and Israel.,https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-post-reporters-identity-stolen-to-spread-iran-propaganda,https://web.archive.org/web/20200925043527/https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-post-reporters-identity-stolen-to-spread-iran-propaganda,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/New_York_Post.svg,Wikimedia,Independent Media,Twitter,,,,,1/8/2020,"Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation",872,1804,170,2846,18,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,0,4,0,0,0,1,1,2,8,14
9/24/2020 17:04:53,NGORFHPJ,Albania >>> United States ,,The Intercept ,,DELETE,United States ,Media,Mojahedin-e-Khalq,Heshmet Alavi,Albania,DELETE,Direct Attribution,,The Intercept: Articles Written by MEK Persona,"The Intercept reported that a fictitious persona going by the name Heshmat Alavi, which had published articles in Forbes, The Hill, the Daily Caller, and The Federalist, was actually a group account run by Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). One of the those articles was cited by the White House in an exchange with a reporter.",https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/,https://web.archive.org/web/20200924210145/https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Logo_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.png,Wikimedia,Independent Media,,,Mainstream media ,,4/1/2018,6/9/2019,Sockpuppets,13585,12441,337,26363,121,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,0,4,0,1,1,1,0,3,8,15
9/24/2020 17:19:47,Z6BKMSE3,Russia >>> United States 2019,,Facebook ,,,United States ,Technology Company,Russia ,,Russia ,,Direct Attribution,,Facebook: Assets Linked to Russia,"Facebook removed three separate networks originating in Russia for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Together, these networks totaled 242 accounts, 42 pages, 19 groups, and 45 Instagram accounts. They were all targeted in part at the U.S. and engaged in activities like impersonating locals in order to contact news organizations, driving viewers to off-platform sites, soliciting written content, and criticizing U.S. policy in the Middle East. These networks had connections to the Internet Research Agency and likely connections to Russian intelligence and military intelligence.",https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/,https://web.archive.org/web/20200924211455/https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4.jpg,Wikimedia/Krylov Ivan,Independent Media,"Facebook, Instagram",,,7/1/2019,9/24/2020,9/24/2020,"Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation",,,,,0,0,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,0,1,0,1,1,3,7,15
9/24/2020 17:19:47,Z6BKMSE3,Russia >>> United States 2019,,Facebook ,,,United States ,Technology Company,Russia ,,Russia ,,Direct Attribution,,Facebook: Assets Linked to Russia,"Facebook removed three separate networks originating in Russia for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Together, these networks totaled 242 accounts, 42 pages, 19 groups, and 45 Instagram accounts. They were all targeted in part at the U.S. and engaged in activities like impersonating locals in order to contact news organizations, driving viewers to off-platform sites, soliciting written content, and criticizing U.S. policy in the Middle East. These networks had connections to the Internet Research Agency and likely connections to Russian intelligence and military intelligence.",https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/,https://web.archive.org/web/20200924211455/https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4.jpg,Wikimedia/Krylov Ivan,Independent Media,"Facebook, Instagram",,,7/1/2019,9/24/2020,9/24/2020,"Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation",,,,,0,0,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,0,1,0,1,1,3,7,15
10/7/2020 14:17:22,PDYLZELT, >>> United States 2020,U.S. Intelligence,"FBI, CISA",,,United States,Government,Foreign actors,,,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,"FBI, CISA: Disinformation About Election Systems Vulnerability",The FBI and CISA issued a public service announcement warning that “foreign actors and cyber criminals” are spreading disinformation about cyberattacks on voter registration databases and voting systems.,https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200928.aspx,https://web.archive.org/web/20201004041755if_/https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200928.aspx,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cybersecurity.png/640px-Cybersecurity.png,VIN JD/Pixabay,,,,,,,9/28/2020,,,,,,0,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,0,1,0,1,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11
10/8/2020 1:32:40,HDBZ7IBP,"United States, Russia >>> United States 2020",Congressional Democrats,House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff,,,United States,Government,"Russia, Donald Trump",,"United States, Russia",,Direct Attribution,,Schiff: Russia Amplifying Trump's Attacks on Vote-by-Mail,House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff claimed that the Russians “have been amplifying Trumps false attacks on absentee voting” after a briefing by intelligence officials on Russian disinformation about mail-in voting. The intelligence briefing did not explicitly link the increase in Russian disinformation to Trumps comments.,https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/mail-in-voting-russian-disinformation.html,https://web.archive.org/web/20201005043418/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/mail-in-voting-russian-disinformation.html,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Adam_Schiff_%2848010611813%29.jpg,Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia,,,,,,,9/29/2020,,,,,,0,1,1,0,0,1,3,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,2,0,0,0,0,1,1,4,7
10/8/2020 1:52:32,46PA2IGK,Iran >>> United States 2020,,Twitter,,,United States,Technology Company,Iran,,Iran,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,Twitter: Assets Linked to Iran,"Based on a tip from the FBI, Twitter removed approximately 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran. These accounts tried to disrupt the public conversation on the presidential debate, but had very low engagement.",https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1311462538056544258?s=20,https://web.archive.org/web/20201008054930/https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1311462538056544258?s=20,https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875170358218735617/qYyASCpq_400x400.jpg,Twitter,,Twitter,,,9/29/2020,,9/30/2020,Sockpuppets,,,,,0,0,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,0,0,0,0,1,7,13
10/8/2020 2:20:45,P9G8Q1JN,"Israel, United States >>> United Kingdom 2019",,The Guardian,,,United Kingdom,Media,Right-wing Facebook groups,,"Israel, United States",,Non-Aligned Commercial Enterprise,,"The Guardian: Islamophobic, For-Profit Disinformation Network Discovered","The Guardian published an article on a network of right-wing Facebook groups that shared coordinated political content, much of it Islamophobic in nature. An Israeli man attained administrator privileges on pre-existing right-wing groups and posted identical links on all of them in order to drive traffic to off-platform sites, where he earned ad revenue.",https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/06/inside-the-hate-factory-how-facebook-fuels-far-right-profit,https://web.archive.org/web/20201008061122/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/06/inside-the-hate-factory-how-facebook-fuels-far-right-profit,see source url,Darwin Laganzon/Pixabay,,Facebook,,,1/1/2016,,12/5/2019,Sockpuppets,,,,,0,1,1,0,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,0,4,0,1,1,1,0,3,7,14
10/8/2020 2:44:54,1GDZM7XT,"Russia >>> United States, United Kingdom 2020",,"Graphika, Reuters",,,"United States, United Kingdom",Private Consultancy,"NAEBC, Internet Research Agency",,Russia,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,Graphika: Russia Targets U.S. Far-Right,"According to Graphika, people associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency ran a site called Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens. The site solicited articles from followers and freelance journalists and was aimed at right-wing readers.",https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP,https://web.archive.org/web/20201008064132/https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP,"https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_711,w_1264,x_83,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_1044/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1601554871/Screen_Shot_2020-10-01_at_13.20.52_u8uluk",NAEBC/The Daily Beast,"""Junk News""","Parler, Gab",,,,,10/1/2020,"Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation",,,,,0,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,0,4,1,1,1,1,1,5,8,17
10/8/2020 15:26:14,MI3UBT21,"United States, Russia >>> United States, Russia 2020",U.S. Intelligence,"Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Russia",,,"United States, Russia",Government,"Hillary Clinton, Russia",,"United States, Russia",,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,ODNI: Declassfiying Russian Intelligence About Foreign Interference and Clinton Campaign,Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified information on a Russian intelligence assessment claiming that “Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee.” He acknowledged that U.S. intelligence officials did not know the accuracy of this assessment.,https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09-29-20_Letter%20to%20Sen.%20Graham_Declassification%20of%20FBI's%20Crossfire%20Hurricane%20Investigations_20-00912_U_SIGNED-FINAL.pdf,https://web.archive.org/web/20201007083018/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/chairman-graham-releases-information-from-dni-ratcliffe-on-fbis-handling-of-crossfire-hurricane,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Hillary_Clinton_at_Planned_Parenthood-8_%28cropped%29.jpg,Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia,,,,,7/26/2016,,9/29/2020,,,,,,0,1,1,0,0,1,3,1,1,1,3,0,0,1,0,1,2,0,0,0,1,0,1,6,9
10/8/2020 16:13:35,89KP7CL0,"Russia, China, Iran >>> United States 2020",,Department of Homeland Security,,,United States,Government,"Russia, China, Iran",,"Russia, China, Iran",,Direct Attribution,,"DHS: China, Russian, Iran Interfering in 2020 Election","The Department of Homeland Security released a report on current threats to the homeland that stated that China, Russia, and Iran will “try to use cyber capabilities or foreign influence to compromise or disrupt infrastructure related to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.” The report noted that Russia has been “a persistent threat,” but that “China and Iran also pose threats in this space.”",https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf,https://web.archive.org/web/20201008184004/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf,screenshot,DHS,"State Media, ""Junk News""",,,,1/1/2016,,10/6/2020,"Brigading, Sockpuppets, Hacking - Data Exfiltration, Deceptive Content Manipulation",,,,,0,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,3,0,0,1,1,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11
10/8/2020 17:44:27,MZWSSOLA,Iran >>> United States 2020,,Twitter,,,United States,Technology Company,Iran,,Iran,,Proxy/Inferred Attribution,,Twitter: Further Information on Assets Linked to Iran,"Twitter removed 104 accounts operating from Iran that artificially amplified conversations on politically sensitive topics, including Black Lives Matter, the murder of George Floyd, and other issues of racial and social justice in the United States. This expanded on Twitter's September 29 announcement regarding Iranian interference.",https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/disclosing-removed-networks-to-our-archive-of-state-linked-information.html,https://web.archive.org/web/20201008214159/https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/disclosing-removed-networks-to-our-archive-of-state-linked-information.html,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Tehran%2C_Iran%2C_15_53.jpg,Christiaan Triebert/Wikimedia,,Twitter,,,1/1/2020,,10/8/2020,"Sockpuppets, Botnets",,,,,0,0,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,0,1,1,1,4,1,0,1,0,1,3,7,14
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39 9/17/2020 17:16:56 508A8K4X Russia, Iran, China >>> United States 2019 Department of Homeland Security, ABC ABC, DHS United States Media Russia, Iran, China Russia, Iran, China Direct Attribution DHS Analyst: Russian Narratives Spread About Biden Mental Health ABC leaked a draft of a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin on Russian efforts to promote “allegations about the poor mental health” of former Vice President Joe Biden. The memo also mentioned Iranian and Chinese propaganda about President Donald Trump’s mental health. Although the memo was submitted on July 7, it was never released because it “failed to meet the agency’s standards.” https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-withheld-july-intelligence-bulletin-calling-russian-attack/story?id=72747130 https://web.archive.org/web/20200914112820/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-withheld-july-intelligence-bulletin-calling-russian-attack/story?id=72747130 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Joe_Biden_%2848554137807%29.jpg Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia 9/1/2019 5/31/2020 9/2/2020 364505 51197 33345 449047 167 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 14
40 9/18/2020 0:30:37 20W6K0PZ Russia >>> United States 2020 Kamala Harris Senator Kamala Harris United States Influential Individual Russia Russia Direct Attribution Harris: Foreign Interference Could Cost Her the Election Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) said foreign interference could potentially cost her and former Vice President Joe Biden the White House in November. “I do believe that there will be foreign interference in the 2020 election and that Russia will be at the front of the line,” she said. https://apnews.com/79be8d5f69b1bfbcc55dbaec3ca001e4 https://web.archive.org/web/20200918042650/https://apnews.com/79be8d5f69b1bfbcc55dbaec3ca001e4 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Kamala_Harris_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia 9/6/2020 215927 6664 3568 226159 26 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
41 9/18/2020 0:42:07 24DYHJXI Russia >>> United States 2020 U.S. Intelligence Department of Homeland Security United States Government Russia Russia Direct Attribution vote DHS: Russia Targeting Confidence in Mail-In Voting In an internal bulletin, the Department of Homeland Security warned that Russia was trying to undermine U.S. confidence in mail-in voting. Since March, Russian state media outlets have published criticism of widespread mail-in voting, the bulletin reported. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-amplifying-claims-mail-voter-fraud-intel-bulletin/story?id=72799959 https://web.archive.org/save/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-amplifying-claims-mail-voter-fraud-intel-bulletin/story?id=72799959 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/USPS_Mailbox.jpg Iain Laurence/Wikimedia State Media 3/1/2020 9/3/2020 149663 28378 78931 256972 64 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
42 9/18/2020 13:13:24 35JWSYN9 Russia >>> United States 2020 Senior U.S. Official Brian Murphy United States Government Russia Russia Proxy/Inferred Attribution DHS Whistleblower: Told to Stop Writing about Russian Interference Brian Murphy, a senior Department of Homeland Security intelligence official, alleged that he was told to stop providing intelligence reports on Russian interference in the 2020 election, in part because it “made the President look bad.” He said he was told to shift the focus to election interference by China and Iran. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/homeland-security-russia-trump.html https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/homeland-security-russia-trump.html https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/images/18_0709_Brian-J-Murphy.jpg?itok=TmVxNZc2 DHS 9/9/2020 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8
43 9/18/2020 13:27:58 B67Q8PAA Venezuela >>> United States 2020 White House, Rick Scott United States Government Nicolas Maduro Venezuela Direct Attribution White House: Maduro Inciting Violence at Protests The White House said that individuals linked to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have incited violence at the George Floyd protests, but refused to discuss the “non-open source information” supporting that assessment. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) had previously highlighted a similar claim. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article243266536.html https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article243266536.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/George_Floyd_Miami_Protest%2C_June_7%2C_2020_17.jpg Mike Shaheen/Wikimedia Individuals at protests 6/5/2020 81978 4840 14096 100914 34 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
44 9/18/2020 17:10:58 TZ3OU1FU Russia >>> United States 2014 DFRLab United States Civil Society Organization Operation Secondary Infektion Russia Direct Attribution DFRLab: Broad Russian Influence Operation Uncovered DFRLab uncovered a broad influence operation originating in Russia. The scale of the operation, its tradecraft, and its obsession with secrecy indicate that it was run by a persistent, sophisticated, and well-resourced organization, possibly an intelligence agency. The activity took place not only on Facebook and Twitter, but also on Medium, Reddit, and other online platforms. In all, more than 30 online services were employed across 9 languages. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/operation-secondary-infektion/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200918210426/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/operation-secondary-infektion/ Screenshot DFRLab Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Forum Board 1/1/2014 6/22/2019 Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation 527 143 69 739 6 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 1 1 4 8 17
45 9/23/2020 12:33:58 W1U1SUQ9 Russia, China, Iran >>> United States 2020 Microsoft United States Technology Company Strontium, Zirconium, Phosphorus Russia, China, Iran Direct Attribution Microsoft: Cyberattacks on Election Campaigns Microsoft detected cyberattacks targeting people and organizations involved in the upcoming presidential election, including unsuccessful attacks on both the Trump and Biden campaigns. A Russian group has attempted to hack more than 200 political organizations. Chinese hackers have attacked high-profile individuals associated with the election, particularly the Biden campaign, and has compromised almost 150 accounts. An Iranian hacker group has targeted the accounts of people associated with the Trump campaign, as well as organizations interested in Middle Eastern politics. https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/10/cyberattacks-us-elections-trump-biden/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200923162921/https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/10/cyberattacks-us-elections-trump-biden/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Microsoft_logo_%282012%29.svg/512px-Microsoft_logo_%282012%29.svg.png Wikimedia Independent Media Email, Domains 3/1/2020 9/10/2020 9/10/2020 Hacking - Data Exfiltration 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 14
64 9/24/2020 16:42:49 53QRMVHS Russia >>> United States 2017 Graphika United States Private Consultancy Russia Russia Proxy/Inferred Attribution UK trade Graphika: UK-US Trade Documents Leaked by Russia Graphika assessed that unredacted UK-US trade documents leaked before Britain’s December 2019 general election were posted and amplified in a way that closely resembled the Russian information operation known as Secondary Infektion. Graphika could not definitively attribute the documents to the unknown actors behind that operation, however. https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_uk_trade_leaks_updated_12.12.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200924203710/https://public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphika_report_uk_trade_leaks_updated_12.12.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lenin_museum%2C_Moscow_center.jpg Wikimedia/Andrey Independent Media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit 5/4/2017 12/2/2019 Sockpuppets, Botnets, Hacking - Data Exfiltration 7378 9128 914 17420 27 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 13
65 9/24/2020 16:52:04 025KQA5P Iran >>> United States The Daily Beast, Twitter DELETE United States Media Iran Iran Proxy/Inferred Attribution reporter Twitter: Fake, Pro-Iran Accounts Impersonate Reporters Twitter suspended fake accounts impersonating New York Post and Haaretz reporters. The accounts promoted false stories that contained pro-Iranian government propaganda as well as attacks on Iranian opposition groups and Israel. https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-post-reporters-identity-stolen-to-spread-iran-propaganda https://web.archive.org/web/20200925043527/https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-post-reporters-identity-stolen-to-spread-iran-propaganda https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/New_York_Post.svg Wikimedia Independent Media Twitter 1/8/2020 Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation 872 1804 170 2846 18 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 14
66 9/24/2020 17:04:53 NGORFHPJ Albania >>> United States The Intercept DELETE United States Media Mojahedin-e-Khalq Heshmet Alavi Albania DELETE Direct Attribution The Intercept: Articles Written by MEK Persona The Intercept reported that a fictitious persona going by the name Heshmat Alavi, which had published articles in Forbes, The Hill, the Daily Caller, and The Federalist, was actually a group account run by Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK). One of the those articles was cited by the White House in an exchange with a reporter. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200924210145/https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Logo_of_the_People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran.png Wikimedia Independent Media Mainstream media 4/1/2018 6/9/2019 Sockpuppets 13585 12441 337 26363 121 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 15
67 9/24/2020 17:19:47 Z6BKMSE3 Russia >>> United States 2019 Facebook United States Technology Company Russia Russia Direct Attribution Facebook: Assets Linked to Russia Facebook removed three separate networks originating in Russia for coordinated inauthentic behavior. Together, these networks totaled 242 accounts, 42 pages, 19 groups, and 45 Instagram accounts. They were all targeted in part at the U.S. and engaged in activities like impersonating locals in order to contact news organizations, driving viewers to off-platform sites, soliciting written content, and criticizing U.S. policy in the Middle East. These networks had connections to the Internet Research Agency and likely connections to Russian intelligence and military intelligence. https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200924211455/https://about.fb.com/news/2020/09/removing-coordinated-inauthentic-behavior-russia/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A4.jpg Wikimedia/Krylov Ivan Independent Media Facebook, Instagram 7/1/2019 9/24/2020 9/24/2020 Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 15
68 10/7/2020 14:17:22 PDYLZELT >>> United States 2020 U.S. Intelligence FBI, CISA United States Government Foreign actors Proxy/Inferred Attribution FBI, CISA: Disinformation About Election Systems Vulnerability The FBI and CISA issued a public service announcement warning that “foreign actors and cyber criminals” are spreading disinformation about cyberattacks on voter registration databases and voting systems. https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200928.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20201004041755if_/https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200928.aspx https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Cybersecurity.png/640px-Cybersecurity.png VIN JD/Pixabay 9/28/2020 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11
69 10/8/2020 1:32:40 HDBZ7IBP United States, Russia >>> United States 2020 Congressional Democrats House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff United States Government Russia, Donald Trump United States, Russia Direct Attribution Schiff: Russia Amplifying Trump's Attacks on Vote-by-Mail House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff claimed that the Russians “have been amplifying Trump’s false attacks on absentee voting” after a briefing by intelligence officials on Russian disinformation about mail-in voting. The intelligence briefing did not explicitly link the increase in Russian disinformation to Trump’s comments. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/mail-in-voting-russian-disinformation.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201005043418/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/mail-in-voting-russian-disinformation.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Adam_Schiff_%2848010611813%29.jpg Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia 9/29/2020 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7
70 10/8/2020 1:52:32 46PA2IGK Iran >>> United States 2020 Twitter United States Technology Company Iran Iran Proxy/Inferred Attribution Twitter: Assets Linked to Iran Based on a tip from the FBI, Twitter removed approximately 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran. These accounts tried to disrupt the public conversation on the presidential debate, but had very low engagement. https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1311462538056544258?s=20 https://web.archive.org/web/20201008054930/https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1311462538056544258?s=20 https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875170358218735617/qYyASCpq_400x400.jpg Twitter Twitter 9/29/2020 9/30/2020 Sockpuppets 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 13
71 10/8/2020 2:20:45 P9G8Q1JN Israel, United States >>> United Kingdom 2019 The Guardian United Kingdom Media Right-wing Facebook groups Israel, United States Non-Aligned Commercial Enterprise The Guardian: Islamophobic, For-Profit Disinformation Network Discovered The Guardian published an article on a network of right-wing Facebook groups that shared coordinated political content, much of it Islamophobic in nature. An Israeli man attained administrator privileges on pre-existing right-wing groups and posted identical links on all of them in order to drive traffic to off-platform sites, where he earned ad revenue. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/06/inside-the-hate-factory-how-facebook-fuels-far-right-profit https://web.archive.org/web/20201008061122/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/06/inside-the-hate-factory-how-facebook-fuels-far-right-profit see source url Darwin Laganzon/Pixabay Facebook 1/1/2016 12/5/2019 Sockpuppets 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 7 14
72 10/8/2020 2:44:54 1GDZM7XT Russia >>> United States, United Kingdom 2020 Graphika, Reuters United States, United Kingdom Private Consultancy NAEBC, Internet Research Agency Russia Proxy/Inferred Attribution Graphika: Russia Targets U.S. Far-Right According to Graphika, people associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency ran a site called Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens. The site solicited articles from followers and freelance journalists and was aimed at right-wing readers. https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP https://web.archive.org/web/20201008064132/https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-election-russia-disinformation/exclusive-russian-operation-masqueraded-as-right-wing-news-site-to-target-u-s-voters-sources-idUSKBN26M5OP https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_711,w_1264,x_83,y_0/dpr_1.5/c_limit,w_1044/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1601554871/Screen_Shot_2020-10-01_at_13.20.52_u8uluk NAEBC/The Daily Beast "Junk News" Parler, Gab 10/1/2020 Sockpuppets, Deceptive Content Manipulation 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 8 17
73 10/8/2020 15:26:14 MI3UBT21 United States, Russia >>> United States, Russia 2020 U.S. Intelligence Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Russia United States, Russia Government Hillary Clinton, Russia United States, Russia Proxy/Inferred Attribution ODNI: Declassfiying Russian Intelligence About Foreign Interference and Clinton Campaign Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified information on a Russian intelligence assessment claiming that “Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin and the Russians' hacking of the Democratic National Committee.” He acknowledged that U.S. intelligence officials did not know the accuracy of this assessment. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09-29-20_Letter%20to%20Sen.%20Graham_Declassification%20of%20FBI's%20Crossfire%20Hurricane%20Investigations_20-00912_U_SIGNED-FINAL.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201007083018/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/chairman-graham-releases-information-from-dni-ratcliffe-on-fbis-handling-of-crossfire-hurricane https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Hillary_Clinton_at_Planned_Parenthood-8_%28cropped%29.jpg Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia 7/26/2016 9/29/2020 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 9
74 10/8/2020 16:13:35 89KP7CL0 Russia, China, Iran >>> United States 2020 Department of Homeland Security United States Government Russia, China, Iran Russia, China, Iran Direct Attribution DHS: China, Russian, Iran Interfering in 2020 Election The Department of Homeland Security released a report on current threats to the homeland that stated that China, Russia, and Iran will “try to use cyber capabilities or foreign influence to compromise or disrupt infrastructure related to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.” The report noted that Russia has been “a persistent threat,” but that “China and Iran also pose threats in this space.” https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20201008184004/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf screenshot DHS State Media, "Junk News" 1/1/2016 10/6/2020 Brigading, Sockpuppets, Hacking - Data Exfiltration, Deceptive Content Manipulation 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11
75 10/8/2020 17:44:27 MZWSSOLA Iran >>> United States 2020 Twitter United States Technology Company Iran Iran Proxy/Inferred Attribution Twitter: Further Information on Assets Linked to Iran Twitter removed 104 accounts operating from Iran that artificially amplified conversations on politically sensitive topics, including Black Lives Matter, the murder of George Floyd, and other issues of racial and social justice in the United States. This expanded on Twitter's September 29 announcement regarding Iranian interference. https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/disclosing-removed-networks-to-our-archive-of-state-linked-information.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201008214159/https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/disclosing-removed-networks-to-our-archive-of-state-linked-information.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Tehran%2C_Iran%2C_15_53.jpg Christiaan Triebert/Wikimedia Twitter 1/1/2020 10/8/2020 Sockpuppets, Botnets 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 7 14