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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on 04 September 2024 that it had seized 32 internet domains in a covert Russian government-sponsored foreign malign influence operation.  This operation, known as "Doppelganger," targeted audiences in the United States and other countries to influence the 2024 US Presidential Election and other political objectives.

The DOJ's action reveals the extent of Russia's ongoing efforts to interfere in foreign elections and spread disinformation.  The Russian

Researchers have tracked more activity by an influence campaign linked to Russia that spreads disinformation and propaganda in the US, Germany and Ukraine through a vast network of social media accounts and fake websites.

The campaign, attributed to the Russia-linked influence operation network called Doppelgänger, has been active since at least May 2022.  The US tech company Meta previously referred to Doppelgänger as the “largest” and “most aggressively persistent” malign network sponsored by

North Rhine-Westphalia Polizei reported on 06 March 2023, that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies and institutions for years, raking in millions of euros and US Dollars.  Working with law enforcement partners including Europol, the US FBI and authorities in Ukraine, police in Duesseldorf said they were able to identify 11 individuals linked to a group that has operated in various guises since at least 2010.

The gang allegedly behind t