ASD at GMF has joined Bluesky! <\/b>Follow us <\/span>@securedemocracy.bsky.social<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> The Trump administration\u2019s attempts to shut down Voice of America and other US-funded outlets offer \u201cgreater opportunity for Washington\u2019s adversaries to shape public perceptions worldwide\u201d, <\/b>GMF Digital Communications Specialist Nana Gongadze and Senior Fellow Bret Schafer <\/span>write<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> Russian diplomats and state media <\/b>focused on two main narratives this week:<\/span><\/p>\n The People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s (PRC) diplomats and state media<\/b> focused on two main narratives this week:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n PRC repression campaign targets Canadian election candidate: <\/b>Canadian officials <\/span>identified<\/span><\/a> a PRC-sponsored transnational repression operation against Joe Tay, a Conservative party candidate and outspoken critic of Beijing, that entailed <\/span>placing a bounty<\/span><\/a> on Tay\u2014subsequently <\/span>amplified<\/span><\/a> online in an \u201cinauthentic and coordinated\u201d manner\u2014and censoring his name on Chinese platforms. Tay <\/span>conceded defeat<\/span><\/a> on Tuesday after <\/span>finishing<\/span><\/a> in second place and running a low-key campaign out of concern for his safety. <\/span>Managing Director David Salvo tells the Dispatch, <\/b>\u201cThe details of the PRC\u2019s horrific campaign against Tay fit a pattern of PRC interference in democratic elections that ASD <\/span>has tracked<\/span><\/a>. PRC state-sponsored actors target specific candidates in specific races, threaten and intimidate said candidates and their relatives still located in China, and conduct information operations in Chinese languages to influence how diaspora voters perceive candidates and issues of importance to the PRC. This has happened in the last few Canadian election cycles, but it\u2019s also happening on a smaller scale in the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Russian information campaign amplifies false claim about Danish lawmaker and Greenland:<\/b> A Russian influence operation <\/span>fabricated and amplified<\/span><\/a> a story on social media that falsely claimed<\/span> Danish lawmaker Karsten H\u00f8nge sought Russia\u2019s help to prevent Greenland from joining the United States. The operation\u2019s content included a doctored image of a Facebook post published by H\u00f8nge, according to <\/span>Danish defense intelligence services<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Open-Source Intelligence Analyst Larissa Doroshenko says, <\/b>\u201cOne of Russia\u2019s information-warfare objectives is to promote division and sow discord. In this case, a Danish politician\u2019s alleged request for Russian help put it in confrontation with several European NATO members who increasingly see Russia as a threat to their national security. This fabricated request could have also stirred up domestic political debates and polarization within Denmark, potentially exacerbating rivalry between H\u00f8nge\u2019s Socialist People\u2019s Party and the Social Democrats or divisions between progressive-left and far-right parties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n France attributes years of high-profile cyberattacks to Russian military intelligence: <\/b>French authorities<\/span><\/a> formally accused<\/span><\/a> APT28,<\/span> a notorious hacking group linked to Russian military intelligence, of directing several cyberattacks against the country\u2019s public and private sectors since 2021, as well as the <\/span>hacking and leaking<\/span><\/a> of thousands of documents belonging to then-candidate Emmanuel Macron\u2019s presidential campaign in 2017. <\/span>Senior Fellow Bret Schafer says, <\/b>\u201cNothing in the report is particularly surprising, as it was well known that the Kremlin uses hacking groups and influence agents to target entities and individuals in the West. Still, the public acknowledgment of this activity\u2014and more importantly, providing specific details of the campaigns and methods used\u2014is an important part of resilience building.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In Case You Missed It<\/b><\/p>\nOur Takes<\/h2><\/div>
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