France Exposes Major Russian Disinformation Campaign

France has uncovered a major disinformation campaign carried out by "Russian actors" who created fake news items hostile to Ukraine, made to look like they were published by prominent French news media. The campaign involved the creation of fake web pages impersonating national media and government sites, as well as the creation of false accounts on social networks. At least four French daily newspapers and other major media were targeted, including German ones. The French foreign ministry itself foiled an attempt to create a fake reproduction of its own website. The campaign is believed to involve techniques including producing fake articles on a page identical in all respects to those of the legitimate sites of media organizations, but with different domain names.