Article : "US spy operation that manipulates social media"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-net... excerpts : *" The US military <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-military> is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. "* *" Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives. "* *" The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon ... "* *" OEV was discussed last year at a gathering of electronic warfare specialists in Washington DC<http://www.crows.org/the-io-institute/infowarcon-2010-agenda.html> "*
note : an older post / related topic , mentioning the HBGary case, which was already documented , march 4 2011 by Michel via Jodi, on http://p2pfoundation.net/Persona_Management *"According to an embedded MS Word document found in one of the HBGary emails, it involves creating an army of sockpuppets, with sophisticated "persona management" software that allows a small team of only a few people to appear to be many, while keeping the personas from accidentally cross-contaminating each other. Then, to top it off, the team can actually automate some functions so one persona can appear to be an entire Brooks Brothers riot online."* * http://jdeanicite.typepad.com/i_cite/2011/03/daily-kos-updated-the-hb-gary-e... * -------------- http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/anonymous_hacks_security_company_hbgary... http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/anonymous-hacks-hbgary/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/hbgary-federal-hacked-and-exposed... <http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/07/hbgary-federal-hacked-and-exposed-by-anonymous/>Anonymous unleashed their anger at a security firm who had been investigating their membership. HBGary Federal had been working on unmasking their identities in cooperation with an FBI investigation into the attacks against companies<http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/12/09/mastercard-visa-paypal-and-4chan-the-furor-of-wikileaks-unleashed/> who were cutting off WikiLeaks access and financing. Unlike the DDoS attacks for which Anonymous has made headlines in recent months, this incident involved true hacking skills. Anonymous compromised the HBGary website and replaced it with an image<http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2294/internetsanon.jpg> explaining their motivation. In addition to the defacement, they downloaded over 60,000 emails from the company and posted them on The Pirate Bay. ---------- *Thanks to Xavier for informing me* On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < [email protected]> wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-net...
excerpts :
*" The US military <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-military> is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. "*
*" Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives. "*
*" The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon ... "*
*" OEV was discussed last year at a gathering of electronic warfare specialists in Washington DC<http://www.crows.org/the-io-institute/infowarcon-2010-agenda.html> "*
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