WASHINGTON: Some cyber industry experts and former government investigators suspect that Russians' newly revealed purchase of US$150,000 (RM630,825) in election-related Facebook ads was merely a trial run for a much bigger, more secretive operation aimed at helping Donald Trump win the White House.
To discover the truth, the experts say, congressional and Justice Department investigators will need to dig deep, tracing the sponsorship and actual financing of every unique ad that raises suspicions – especially those containing fake news.