Event 549

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LV",
    "EU",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Public disclosure by USCYBERCOM and EU DisinfoLab, confirmed by external reporting and direct quotes from the official release.",
  "countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Ukraine",
    "France",
    "Germany",
    "Latvia",
    "United Kingdom",
    "Poland",
    "European Union"
  ],
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "U.S. Cyber Command reports that the Russian disinformation campaign 'DoppelGänger,' operated by the Russian Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies, has been unmasked. The campaign targets Western governments and societies with coordinated online deception, using fake media outlets and social media manipulation to spread Kremlin-approved narratives and undermine NATO and EU unity.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-09-03T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot provides the official USCYBERCOM news release with direct attribution.",
    "Article dated Sept. 3, 2024, with detailed description of campaign methods and specific examples."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The campaign is operated by the Russian Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies.",
    "DoppelGänger primarily focuses on Russian narratives and activities in Europe, and is noted for impersonating and disseminating information through a network of cloned websites, fake articles, and social media manipulation.",
    "This illegitimate web domain was used to mimic the official NATO website and falsely claimed that NATO member states refused to act if countries in the alliance were to be attacked by Russia.",
    "The disinformation campaign uses social media bots to spread its pro-Russian narratives, with a multi-step website collusion tactic that links the bots and human-run sources.",
    "DoppelGänger's top Russian narratives include: Denigrating Ukraine's legitimacy … and denying Kremlin narrative …"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Propaganda Operations",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot provides the official USCYBERCOM news release with direct attribution.",
            "Article dated Sept. 3, 2024, with detailed description of campaign methods and specific examples."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LV"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "Doppelganger ??Russian disinformation op targeting European citizens",
  "headline": "Russian Disinformation Campaign “DoppelGänger” Unmasked: A Web of Deception",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_549_1763930602_68ac3ffb.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Disinformation campaign. Widespread info war effort targeting sanctions fatigue across EU. DoppelG nger s pro-Russian narratives include: Fearmongering Across Europe: Germans, Italians, French, Latvians, and British citizens are targeted, warned that sanctions against Russia will ruin their lives.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3895345/russian-disinformation-campaign-doppelgnger-unmasked-a-web-of-deception/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian-directed campaign 'DoppelGänger' used fake online media and coordinated content to spread Kremlin-aligned disinformation targeting Western audiences.",
  "url": "https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3895345/russian-disinformation-campaign-doppelgnger-unmasked-a-web-of-deception/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV",
  "Attack Type": "Propaganda operations",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LV EU Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV;Europe",
  "Date": "3-Sep-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://www.cybercom.mil/Media/News/Article/3895345/russian-disinformation-campaign-doppelgnger-unmasked-a-web-of-deception/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "Doppelganger ??Russian disinformation op targeting European citizens",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Disinformation campaign. Widespread info war effort targeting sanctions fatigue across EU. DoppelG nger s pro-Russian narratives include: Fearmongering Across Europe: Germans, Italians, French, Latvians, and British citizens are targeted, warned that sanctions against Russia will ruin their lives.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}