Australian Media Bombarded by 71,000 Spam Emails in Russia-Linked Disinformation Campaign

Published on September 18, 2024

A new report claims 15 Australian media outlets have been targeted in a coordinated disinformation campaign linked to Russia. Finnish analytics firm CheckFirst released an update on its report, Operation Overload, analysing the pattern in which media houses were misled. It states that local media organisations, including AAP, ABC, The Conversation, and The Daily Aus, were bombarded with at least 71,000 spam emails containing misleading information about global events such as the Ukraine war and the Paris Olympics. It also warns that there is a clear indication of Operation Overload shifting its focus toward the upcoming U.S. elections. “The heatmap of email activity from January to September 2024 provides a comprehensive view of the operation’s intensity over time,” reads the report....

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