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Prioritizing Disinformation Campaigns’ Role in Cyber

Warfare

By Dan Brahmy, CEO of Cyabra

With reports of cyberattacks and hacks like that of the Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds increasing in
frequency, it can be easy to forget another aspect of cyber warfare: disinformation attacks and influence
campaigns. From public health crises to elections to the significance the term “fake news” has taken in
American households, this type of cyber warfare poses an increasingly formidable threat to defense
leaders.

While the U.S. has been doing an adequate job of combatting individual attacks in the eyes of the public
as they arise, defense agencies need to begin prioritizing comprehensive, thorough programs to
proactively stop influence campaigns in their tracks.

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