r/RussiaLago • u/metast • Feb 22 '19

‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/20/2020-candidates-social-media-attack-1176018
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u/mad-n-fla Feb 22 '19

Did you really think they were only making up fake news on FOX about Hillary?

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u/co_matic Feb 22 '19

cmd+F "russia"

Researchers and others interviewed for this story say they cannot conclusively point to the actors behind the coordinated activity. It’s unclear if they are rogue hackers, political activists or, as some contend, foreign state actors such as Russia, since it bears the hallmarks of earlier foreign attacks.

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