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  Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories

  

  wired.com

  A disinfo operation broke into the content management systems of Eastern European media outlets in a campaign to spread misinformation about NATO.

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  Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks as US Election Looms

  

  wired.com

  The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in...

  The campaigns primarily targeted countries outside the US. But the same mechanisms could be used in “hack and leak” operations like those that roiled the 2016 campaign.

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  Hackers post fake stories on real news sites 'to discredit Nato'

  

  bbc.co.uk

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  Russia-aligned hackers running anti-Nato fake news campaign – report

  

  theguardian.com

  ‘Ghostwriter’ campaign said to involve replacing true stories with false ones on news sites in Poland...

  ‘Ghostwriter’ campaign said to involve replacing true stories with false ones on news sites in Poland and LithuaniaHackers “aligned with Russian security interests” have been engaged in a sustained campaign to compromise news websites in Poland and Lithuania to plant false stories aimed at discrediting Nato, according to a new report.Part of the campaign – labelled “Ghostwriter” – involved gaining access to news sites...

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