information warfare

In April 2025, Chinese authorities in Harbin accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of conducting sophisticated cyberattacks during the February Asian Winter Games, targeting critical infrastructure such as energy, transportation, and defense institutions in Heilongjiang province. The...

Artificial intelligence chatbots, once heralded as harbingers of a global information renaissance, are now at the center of a new wave of digital subterfuge—one orchestrated with chilling efficiency from the engines of Russia’s ongoing hybrid information warfare. A comprehensive Dutch...

As artificial intelligence transforms how the world accesses, consumes, and interprets news, the integrity of the data fueling these systems becomes inextricably tied to the health of democratic societies. Nowhere is this entanglement more visible than in the Nordics, where state-backed...

In the weeks leading up to Australia’s federal election, a sophisticated pro-Russian influence campaign has been quietly operating in the digital shadows, aiming not directly at voters, but at artificial intelligence systems that millions depend on for information. The operation, centered around...

A concerted pro-Russian influence operation aimed at Australia has come to light in the lead-up to the country's federal election. Dubbed the “Pravda Network,” this sprawling initiative leverages an array of dubious online portals—including the recently emerged “Pravda Australia”—to seed...

Original release date: October 22, 2020 Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are warning that Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are likely intent on influencing and interfering with the U.S. elections to...

A foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Pentagon computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop, a top defense official said Wednesday. The previously classified incident, which took place in 2008 in the Middle East, was disclosed in a...

March 26, 2010 US Navy Admiral Robert Willard appeared appeared before the US Armed Services Committee last Thursday. He Said, "US military networks and computer systems continue to be the target of intrusions that appear to have originated from within the People's Republic Of China. Most of...