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Personal account Head of Threat Analysis @viginum.bsky.social PhD in Geopolitics @univ-paris8.fr Researcher @ifgeopolitique.bsky.social Russian FP, IOs, OSINT investigations Latest publication: https://therussiaprogram.org/russia_information_influence
Le candidat Horizons aux municipales à Paris, Pierre-Yves Bournazel, a été visé par une opération d'ingérence liée à un groupe russe, Viginum, a annoncé Viginum, le service chargé de lutter contre
La meilleure défense c’est l’attaque.
Merci @rtlofficiel.bsky.social pour le fou rire.
It also reveals this legendary photo of Maksim Shugaley 😭
www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
Second episode of the masterful investigative series by a consortium of journalists and investigators into the takeover of Africa Politology/Lakhta by the SVR, which reveals the identities of 60 AP agents and the two SVR officers overseeing the organization. ⬇️
forbiddenstories.org/russian-agen...
Just finished reading this fascinating report by CheckFirst, which, through an investigation combining OSINT and phaleristics (the study of military decorations), managed to map part of the structure of the GRU’s information operations troops (VIO). Congrats folks!
checkfirst.network/unveiling-gr...
Le Business du Désespoir - INPACT a reçu des listes de ressortissants africains enrôlés dans l'armée russe, ainsi que des listes de soldats africains tués au combat.Nous publions aujourd'hui un rapport analysant ces listes et menant une enquête approfondie sur les réseaux de recrutement.
🧵 Doctored magazine covers from the Matryoshka 🪆 bot farm were featured on the largest state TV channel in Russia.
If TV reusing content from 🪆bots becomes a trend domestically, it will soon be exported, at scale, to Russian state's international media efforts, both overt and covert.
Very interesting material by @checkfirst.network, which has a big potential for real world applications
Are you wondering why the legal decision on X's fine was first published by the US House of Representatives rather than by the European Commission?
Us too.
Especially as we officially requested it to the Commission 3 weeks ago:
www.asktheeu.org/request/deci...
Le ministère des Armées a démenti ce vendredi des « accusations » de corruption des hautes autorités militaires françaises. Derrière cette attaque, l’État-major a identifié des caractéristiques du mode opératoire du réseau d’influence russe Storm-1516.
profiles of six Bluesky accounts with references to SMM panels in their biographies
As Bluesky grows, providers of illicit social media services known as "SMM panels" (social media marketing panels) have used the platform to advertise their offerings with increasing frequency. Over the last year, dozens of accounts promoting SMM panels and their services have popped up on Bluesky.
📖| Des mains rouges dans les rues de Paris : un petit acte de vandalisme au service d’une grande stratégie russe
lerubicon.org/des-mains-ro...
Détection de coordination, détection de #deepfakes, biais et vulnérabilités des algorithmes de recommandation...
@viginum.bsky.social et #INRIA lancent un prix scientifique de lutte contre les manipulations de l'information.
👉 pvi-lmi.sciencescall.org
Deadline le 14/02.
#disinfo #FIMI
Dans le cadre de ses travaux relatifs à l’élaboration et l’adoption d’une grammaire commune permettant de décrire la menace informationnelle, @viginum.bsky.social emploie, depuis le début de l’année 2025, le concept de «mode opératoire informationnel» (MOI, ou IMS «information Manipulation Set»).
🛠️ Killing the supply chain: applying the IMS framework to Russian FIMI.
Any doubt on how?
🗓️ Thursday 22 January | 14:30 CET
Join our private webinar on building a common operational picture of FIMI.
🔗 Registration with a professional email address is required us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sur X, des comptes identifiés par les autorités françaises comme pro-iraniens ne postent plus depuis le black-out imposé par le régime de Téhéran. Un phénomène également observé au Royaume-Uni. Avec @vincentcoquaz.bsky.social @checknews.bsky.social @liberation.fr www.liberation.fr/checknews/su...
💡Big step forward for clarity/coordination across counter-Russian influence space.
💡Also a big update for Russian hostile actors - hi, VPN readers 😌
If you track Russia’s hostile activities in the info space, this is the paper you should’ve read yesterday. Today will do!
Doppelganger, Overload, Storm-1516, Undercut 😵💫
Lost in translation when it comes to Russian information manipulation campaigns targeting the EU – and what can actually be done about them?
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Cooperation is a countermeasure.
I'm very proud we have coordinated that collective work with fantastic partners, which aims at better focusing on IMS and supply chain of disinfo.
Thanks to @checkfirst.network, @viginum.bsky.social, @diplo.de, Cassini, @eudiplomacy.bsky.social, @dfrlab.bsky.social
What if we adopted a common approach to documenting, attributing and responding to #disinformation campaigns?
Let's find out!
🔗https://www.disinfo.eu/building-a-common-operational-picture-of-fimi
Very happy to see this report being released. First, because it is the result of an effective cooperation between institutional actors and civil society, but also because it gives concrete form to the relevance of the IMS concept developed by VIGINUM. Congrats to @disinfo.eu and all our partners!
Yevgeny Primakov Jr. confirms a “well-known PMC” opened several Russian Houses in Africa in nod to Wagner Group
Two of the “houses” in question are in Mali and the Central African Republic, where the governments were known for cooperating with Wagner.
Tribune parue ce jour dans @liberation.fr :
Ce que la cyberattaque contre La Poste Groupe nous dit de la stratégie russe de « harcèlement géopolitique » de l’Europe (et de ses faiblesses).
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
"Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, "the European Commission rules
Data are needed to study how social media spreads misinformation and influences elections, scientists say." www.science.org/content/arti...
Touadera’s outfit is legendary. The guy was literally wearing a suit with his own face on it.
Aujourd’hui dans @lafabriquedelinfo.bsky.social on s’intéresse aux méthodes d’OSINT, comment investiguer dans l’espace numérique ! 14h sur @franceculture.fr
Invités ci dessous plus la chronique de @courrierinter.bsky.social ✨
