SITUATION ASSESSMENT In February 2022, security researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a coordinated influence operation targeting audiences across 16 countries through a network...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2023, cybersecurity researchers at DarkTrace documented a 3,000% increase in deepfake-enabled social engineering attacks targeting financial institutions over an 18-month period....
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In 2016, Cambridge Analytica harvested Facebook data from 87 million users to build psychological profiles for political advertising. Open-source evidence from the Facebook-Cambridge...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2022, the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a coordinated inauthentic behavior campaign across multiple platforms targeting European audiences with fabricated evidence of...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2023, the French Parliamentary Commission on Cults released its annual report documenting a 37% increase in cult-related reports since 2020, with...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In December 2022, the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a sophisticated multi-platform influence campaign targeting users across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram. The operation,...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2022, security researchers at Stanford Internet Observatory documented a sophisticated cross-platform influence operation targeting U.S. midterm elections. The operation, later designated...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In October 2021, whistleblower Frances Haugen presented internal Facebook documents to Congress revealing how social media algorithms systematically amplify divisive content to maximize...
SITUATION ASSESSMENT In March 2022, researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory documented a coordinated inauthentic behavior network that deployed Ancient Chinese military philosophy alongside modern...