In the lead-up to, during, and immediately after an election, a surprisingly brief period—often just 48 hours—can become a veritable battleground for digital deception. Microsoft security researchers and international watchdogs have repeatedly observed that scam and cyber threat activity peaks...
Russian trolls organized a protest and a counterprotest in the same place at the same time in May 2016, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Richard Burr, said on Wednesday.
The revelation shows how far Russia was willing to go to foment unrest and division in the US in the...