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France Says Dozens Of Disinformation Attacks Came From Russia

From August 2023 to early March 2025, French authorities monitored close to 80 disinformation efforts orchestrated by Russian actors, primarily aimed at Ukraine and France.
These campaigns formed part of an information war driven by the Kremlin, involving paid amateurs and AI-generated profiles to spread false narratives.
The campaign, named Storm-1516, used AI to create realistic profiles and targeted Western audiences, including Ukraine's allies and the French legislative elections in 2024.
Viginum characterized the operation as posing a major risk to online public discourse and reported that nearly 80 coordinated campaigns were spreading anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western messages.
This sustained disinformation effort suggests ongoing attempts to destabilize European public debate and influence political processes in France and across Europe.

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Disinformation: why Paris targets "Storm-1516", the Russian campaign against Ukraine, France and its allies

On Tuesday evening, the Quai d'Orsay condemned "Russian actors and their relays" for dozens of operations since the summer of 2023, analysed in a Viginum report.

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France says dozens of disinformation attacks came from Russia

French authorities said on Wednesday they had tracked nearly 80 disinformation campaigns led by Russian operators between August 2023 and early March 2025, mainly targeting Ukraine and its allies, including France.

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"Storm-1516": Russian misinformation becomes increasingly sophisticated and coordinated, alerts a French report on foreign interference

Viginum, the French service responsible for vigilance and protection against foreign interference, screened 77 operations conducted between 2023 and 2025. Russian misinformation manoeuvres combine several tactics, making them more complex and dangerous for the French and European public debate, according to Viginum.

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France Says Dozens Of Disinformation Attacks Came From Russia

French authorities said Wednesday they had tracked nearly 80 disinformation campaigns led by Russian operators between August 2023 and early March 2025, mainly targeting Ukraine and its allies, including France.

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