The Russia watchSteele Dossier-related murder?; Russia’s full spectrum propaganda; voting machines in hackers’ hands, and more
· Was this Russian general murdered over the Steele Dossier?
· Russia’s full spectrum propaganda
· Trump and Russia both seek to exacerbate the same political divisions
· Hacking threats are serious for 2018 elections and U.S. is “dramatically unprepared,” says top House · Democrat
· Facebook, admitting it can be bad for democracy, tries to end voter meddling before midterms
· Spain warns Russia’s Catalonia hacking efforts could intensify
· Electronic voting box makers try to get gear stripped from eBay and out of hackers’ hands
· Transparency is the best way to combat Russian propaganda
· DOJ Foreign Agent order on RT already hurting Kremlin-funded TV channel
Was this Russian general murdered over the Steele Dossier? (Amy Knight, Daily Beast)
The notorious dossier on Trump that Republicans want to discredit may well have been credible enough in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eyes to get at least one person killed.
Russia’s full spectrum propaganda (DFRLab)
A case study in how Russia’s propaganda machine works
Trump and Russia both seek to exacerbate the same political divisions (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)
A country is in a precarious place when its foreign adversaries and its president are both trying to increase its political polarization along the same lines.
Hacking threats are serious for 2018 elections and U.S. is “dramatically unprepared,” says top House Democrat (Sam Schwartz, Newsweek)
California Congressman Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday that President Donald Trump and Republicans are not taking seriously the threat that hackers pose to the legitimacy of the 2018 elections. Schiff added that the GOP refusal to take action to protect elections stems from Trump’s repeated insistence that FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia is a “hoax.”
Facebook, admitting it can be bad for democracy, tries to end voter meddling before midterms (Jessica Guyn, USA Today) Facebook is fessing up to what many people have known for a long time: The giant social network can be bad for democracy. The acknowledgment came as Facebook races against the clock to shut down Russian interference that rocked the 2016 presidential campaign before U.S. voters cast their ballots in hundreds of midterm elections. The November 2018 contests will be the first test of the company’s pledge to protect the American electorate from foreign powers.
Spain warns Russia’s Catalonia hacking efforts could intensify (Martin Arostegui, VOA)
Russian hacking operations to support Catalonian independence are continuing and could intensify, according to a report published this week by the Center for Strategic and Defense Studies, CESEDEN, a Spanish Defense Ministry think tank.
Electronic voting box makers try to get gear stripped from eBay and out of hackers’ hands (Iain Thomson, Register)
Sellers sent letters demanding auctions are yanked, conf told
Transparency is the best way to combat Russian propaganda (M. Todd Bennett, Washington Post)
More information, not less, is the only way to win information warfare.
DOJ Foreign Agent order on RT already hurting Kremlin-funded TV channel (John Daniszewski, TPM)
The head of Russian television channel RT, which U.S. intelligence agencies allege took part in the campaign to influence last year’s presidential election, says that having to register as a foreign agent in the United States is already hurting the Kremlin-funded outlet.
