Russia’s disinformation efforts hit 39 countries: researchers

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WASHINGTON: Russia’s campaign of cyberespionage and disinformation has targeted hundreds of individuals and organisations from at least 39 countries along with the United Nations and NATO, researchers said. 

A report by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto revealed the existence of “a major disinformation and cyber espionage campaign with hundreds of targets in government, industry, military and civil society,” lead researcher Ronald Deibert said.