1、SAFEGUARDING TRUTH SAFEGUARDING TRUTH UNDERSTANDING CYBER DISINFORMATION ATTACKS AND DEFENDING AGAINST THEMWHAT IS INFORMATION WARFARE?Information warfare is the tactical and strategic use of information to gain an advantage Using information to mislead,subvert and paralyze the opponent Information
2、Warfare existed throughout the ages The information age and social media made information warfare infinitely more potent,dangerous and effective:Accurate intelligence Powerful and fast dissemination Immediate feedback cycle EVOLUTION OF A CYBER THREATState level strategic attack exposedOther state a
3、nd private actors imitate methods and toolsEveryday attacks INFORMATION WARFARE GLOSSARYINFORMATION WARFARE CAMPAIGN NarrativeMessaging Target AudienceDigital assetsOnline ConversationLeaked InformationNews websitesForumsBlogsTrollsBotsPOLITICAL AND STATE-LEVEL THREAT ACTORS 2019(PARTIAL LIST)Israel
4、IranPakistanSaudi ArabiaPhilippinesMoldovaCOMMERCIAL AND CRIMINAL DISINFORMATION ATTACKS Combining tools and methods from state-sponsored arrays with influencer marketing technologies and know-how Affecting competitors by amplifying negative news Manipulating the price of traded stocks by leveraging
5、 sentiment based trading algorithms Most affected verticals:PharmaceuticalsAutomotiveNatural ResourcesSHORT AND DISTORT Attackers obtain negative information on the targetAttackers accumulate short stock positionsNegative information is released and amplified in multiple outletsSocial discourse is d
6、irected at the negative informationShort position is closedInformation is rebuked Too late!AG WIRECARD-CASE STUDY$TSLA VS.$TSLAQ A raging war on twitter between supporters and short sellers Abundant use of false identities,anonymous blogging,hashtags and memesTHE TSLA TROLL ARMY