The anatomy of a viral hoax: dissecting information weaponization in digital ecosystems
Disinformation and Fake News

Anatomy of a viral hoax: how it’s created and spreads

In August 2024, the «Springfield pet-eating» narrative demonstrated how a localized misattribution could rapidly metastasize into a multinational information operation. What began as isolated social...

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Algorithm radicalization in social media: how recommendation systems amplify extremist narratives
Online Radicalization

How algorithms push users toward extremism

In October 2023, the Centre for Information Resilience documented how YouTube’s recommendation algorithm systematically guided users from mainstream political content to increasingly extreme ideological material...

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Cognitive Biases and Mental Vulnerabilities

Why we have biases: the energy-saving brain

SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2023, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute documented a cognitive overload campaign targeting European voters during regional elections. The operation flooded...

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National Doctrines and Strategies

Historical evolution of information warfare doctrines

SITUATION ASSESSMENT In February 2022, as Russian forces massed on Ukraine’s border, a parallel offensive was already underway in cyberspace. Analysis by the Stanford Internet...

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Documented Operations

How an operation is attributed to a state actor

SITUATION ASSESSMENT In December 2020, cybersecurity firm FireEye reported discovering one of the most sophisticated attribution operations in recent history: the SolarWinds supply chain attack....

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Case Studies and Analysis

OSINT tools for investigating manipulation campaigns

SITUATION ASSESSMENT: The Information Integrity Crisis In October 2023, researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a sophisticated manipulation campaign targeting European audiences through coordinated...

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