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      Russia’s Secondary Infektion Trolls Hit West With Thousands of Fake Leaks and Fake News Stories

      GOT THE RECEIPTS

      Major report from Graphika unveils a six-year campaign by a shadowy Russian troll army to sow division in the West and meddle in elections.

      Adam Rawnsley

      Adam Rawnsley

      Former Senior Researcher

      Updated Jun. 16, 2020 3:59PM EDT / Published Jun. 16, 2020 11:00AM EDT 

      Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast

      The Russian troll factory that meddled in the 2016 election isn’t the only unit in Moscow’s troll army. Since 2014, a different and more shadowy disinformation crew linked to the Russian government has been spreading forgeries and disinformation across social media. In a report released Tuesday, the social media tracking firm Graphika has uncovered the online trail of Secondary Infektion stretching across half a dozen years, two continents, and thousands of fake articles. 

      “When we made the investigative breakthrough in January, we knew we might be on the verge of something major, but we never expected to find over 2,500 pieces of content across more than 300 platforms,” Ben Nimmo, Graphika’s director of investigations, told The Daily Beast. “I’ve seen some cross-platform operations in my career, but nothing even close to this.”

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      Adam Rawnsley

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