How Prigozhin’s Troll Farms Are Still Peddling Disinformation
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For years, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin had been a central figure in Russia’s global disinformation operation. Now, months after his death, new cybersecurity research from Google shows that his troll farms are still active and continue to peddle disinformation, with a few subtle shifts. WSJ cybersecurity and intelligence reporter Dustin Volz tells host Alex Ossola how these online campaigns operate, and how they could influence opinions about the 2024 US election.
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