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MUScoop => The Superbar => COVID-19 => Topic started by: Frenns Liquor Depot on April 27, 2020, 07:30:19 AM

Title: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on April 27, 2020, 07:30:19 AM

I remember (i think Dish and Eng) saying they had friends or family in the government that warned of an impending national lockdown.  This is some scary stuff from the Chinese I just read about.

Essentially piecing together info from the Office of Personnel Management hack in 2015 and the Equifax hack to send text message dis-information promoting the 'national lockdown'.

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Jockey on April 27, 2020, 10:55:49 AM

Source?

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on April 27, 2020, 11:04:37 AM

Quote from: Jockey on April 27, 2020, 10:55:49 AM

Source?

A Political risk newsletter I receive.  It’s emailed so I don’t have anything to post. 

In the times it was reported that the disinformation was via fake text.  This just went one step further than I had seen. 

Here is a summary of the prior reports. 

I posted it more because I the link below sounded like what they had reported (again I cannot remember the poster that had received the info)

 https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/494106-officials-found-china-amplified-disinformation-about-coronavirus (https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/494106-officials-found-china-amplified-disinformation-about-coronavirus)

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Jockey on April 27, 2020, 11:09:17 AM

Thanks, FLD.

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: rocky_warrior on April 27, 2020, 11:20:13 AM

Hack / Texts aren't covered specifically here, but the DOD is maintaining a rumor control page, which mentions the National Guard information, and may other rumors.

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Rumor-Control/

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on July 28, 2020, 07:33:35 PM

Russia - not that this is all that hard to do these days. 

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/509467-declassified-intel-says-russia-is-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation (https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/509467-declassified-intel-says-russia-is-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation)

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Jockey on July 28, 2020, 08:45:18 PM

Quote from: Frenns Liquor Depot on July 28, 2020, 07:33:35 PM

Russia - not that this is all that hard to do these days. 

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/509467-declassified-intel-says-russia-is-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation (https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/509467-declassified-intel-says-russia-is-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation)

You’re wrong. Putin would never do this.

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: tower912 on July 28, 2020, 09:05:24 PM

Great leader.

Title: Re: (Dis) Info Wars
Post by: Frenns Liquor Depot on December 10, 2020, 05:56:37 AM

The next battle.  Britain starting to do something. 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-gchq-cyber-idUSKBN27O0X9 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-gchq-cyber-idUSKBN27O0X9)