Month: July 2021

The Malign Influence Playbook Whether threat actors or influence operators are organizing a targeted or broadscale malign influence activity, both follow a similar operational workflow or “kill chain,” as described below: The malign influence or disinformation kill chain was devised by the MITRE Corporation in support of efforts by the US Office of the Director …

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Investigating, analyzing and countering malign influence operations Disinformation or malign influence campaigns are increasingly being used by a range of domestic political and criminal threat actors to exert coercive or covert control over a targeted audience. Given their highly targeted and dynamic nature, there is no systematic or codified way to stop malign influence campaigns. …

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