Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 12/9/23
Viral Indian influence operation pushes Modi's agenda, Organized pig-butchering scams, Smart TVs track everything you watch, Meta's new privacy-violating smart glasses, Trump's troll army
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Covert Indian operation seeks to discredit Modi’s critics in the U.S.
The Washington Post’s Gerry Shih, Clara Ence Morse, and Pranshu Verma uncover a viral, covert Indian influence operation called Disinfo Lab, run by Indian intelligence officer Lt. Col. Dibya Satpathy, to research and discredit foreign critics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, producing material that is propagated by right-wing Indians and Hindu nationalists for both domestic and international audiences.
The organization’s material is among the most widely circulated by right-wing Indians and Hindu nationalists. Its reports gain global reach, p…
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