Russian cybercriminals were also caught targeting Europe with anti-Ukraine messages
"They were running fake accounts that pretended to be Americans and tried to talk like Americans and they were talking about really divisive domestic issues like abortion and gun control," Nimmo said.
The Russian operation primarily targeted Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, and was vast in scope: 1,633 accounts, 703 pages and one group on Facebook, and 29 Instagram accounts made up the operation. Of those, some 4,000 people followed"one or more" of the Facebook pages, while"one or more" of the Instagram accounts had upwards of 1,500 followers.
Russia's efforts were impressive, with a network of more than 60 websites crafted to impersonate legitimate news organizations like Germany's Der Spiegel and Bild, and The Guardian. Those sites were used to publish anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian stories that were then amplified on social media and passed off as legitimate stories from trusted sources.
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