Suspicious activity on Twitter is trying to sway public opinion in favor of Brexit as the United Kingdom continues its struggle to reach a deal to withdraw from the European Union, according to a new report.
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Report: China, Like Russia, Uses Social Media to Sway U.S. Public Opinion
Russia isn’t the only nation using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to spread its political message across in the United States; China also is using social media–albeit in different ways–to sway public opinion and make the Communist country look favorable to the American public, research has found. China’s state-sponsored media is using English-language social-media operations–including targeted advertisements on Facebook–to push positive propaganda about the country to American users, according to a new assessment from security intelligence firm Recorded Future. It’s already well known that Russia has used U.S. social media to sway not just public opinion but also results in the 2006 U.S. presidential election. Now the research takes a deeper dive into how China is doing something similar, although to support a different political agenda, according to a blog post outlining the findings by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group. “These differences in technique are driven by dissimilar […]
For Customers, Backstory’s Lure is Data, Economics
Google spin-out Chronicle’s new security intelligence service, Backstory, appeals to companies drowning in operational data and desperate for security insights, according to the companies who are using the platform.
At RSA: Focus on Cyber in the Public Interest
Congress, non profits and government agencies could all use technology and cyber security expertise. The RSA Conference is pondering what it will take to foster cyber security pros to work in the public interest.
Following Security Ledger at RSA Conference: Monday
The Security Ledger will be in San Francisco for the 28th RSA Security Conference this week. Check us out if you’re at the show or follow us on social media @securityledger or via the #SLRSA hash tag. I’ll be tweeting and sharing images (and video?) from the show floor.
