UNMASKING DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS WITH MALTEGO 1 Executive Summary In July of 2020, the “Ghostwriter” disinformation campaign targeting audiences in countries like Poland, Latvia and Lith- uania came to light, as reported by the Cybersecurity firm Mandiant. The report also pointed to a hacker group aligned with “Russian security interests” looking to discredit NATO in said countries since at least 2017. According to Mandiant, the hacker group carried out its dis- information campaign against NATO by hacking news outlets and substituting verified news with fake ones, publishing fake news on websites accepting user generated content such as social media (UCG), and targeting websites linked to the De- fense Ministries of the countries. Given the speed and reach with which informat

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