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According to a report noted via Politico, Ucrinform wrote.

According to the Doppelgänger, an operation through Erglegänger, a German assistance operation, is a disinformation operation on the social media platform, adding that halfway through the effort to influence German voters, according to the German foreign office. The Crusade uses Faux News News sites, dormant accounts, and AI-generated content to spread false narratives and erode false narratives accepted as true in Western institutions.

Intelligence agencies across the EU and the United States have already followed Doppelgänger’s “highly coordinated tactics,” which have sought to undermine Ukraine in its war against Russia and magnify tailored messages to the Kremlin.

According to officials, German officials have learned more than a hundred pseudo-news stories quietly for months.

“These platforms are structured the same way, full of generic and AI-generated articles,” one official said. “At a selected moment, a fabricated story is inserted and then temporarily spread through social networks and influencers. We have to assume that those sites have been ready for activation in the run-up to the Bundestag elections. “

These sleeper websites mimic valid media and are dormant until a political moment of suntos, such as an election, when they begin to publish false stories that are temporarily propagated through coordinated social networks.

In recent years, the European government has blamed Moscow for interference in a series of elections. The presidential election was canceled after security facilities warned that Russia was “aggressively” targeting hybrid attacks.

The factor is delicate in the German elections, where the respectful alternative of Elon Musk’s far-right party, followed through Elon Musk, is in the position at the moment in opinion polls.

The Internet sites related to Doppelgänger have already closed outings such as Der Spiegel, turning domain names into unsuspecting idiots readers.

The clearest sign of escalation is on Musk’s X platform, Twitter.

The report, reviewed via Politico, shows strong building in ghost account positions, with 3,000 positions activity on a single day in the past in January. For much of November and December, activity remained low, rarely exceeding 50 positions consistent with the day. But in early January, coordinated disinformation posts began to look very consistent with frequency.

This strategy of “overloading”, flooding social networks with waves of posts to manufacture the specter of viral traction, is a feature of Russian disinformation campaigns.

The content of the posts also follows a transparent pattern. Many are pointing Germany to Ukraine, saying Berlin is prioritizing Kyiv over its own citizens. One example, documented in the report, describes a fabricated corruption scandal involving Economy Minister Robert Habeck and a “Ukrainian Ukrainian Minister of Culture. “

Meanwhile, Berlin is stepping up its counter-disinformation efforts, sharing intelligence with foreign partners and contemplating sanctions and public attribution of campaign networks.

“We are running through a ‘cultural shift’ within the Foreign Office,” the official told Politico, referring to a developing awareness of cyber states. Ambassadors are increasingly adjusting in their host countries. This ensures that when incorrect information spreads, they have the credibility and networks to clarify the record. “

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