Google: Chinese Troll Farm Works To Suppress US Vote

October 26, 2022 China, United States

Researchers at Google-owned Mandiant said in a report Wednesday that they’ve detected a group attempting to sow division in the U.S. and “operating in support of the political interests of the People’s Republic of China.”

In September, Meta disrupted a sprawling China-based influence operation that targeted U.S. users via fake accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

In its report, Mandiant said a threat group known as Dragonbridge is attempting to sway Americans to not vote during the upcoming election through fake social media accounts and falsified news articles.

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Mandiant has recently observed DRAGONBRIDGE, an influence campaign they assess with high confidence to be operating in support of the political interests of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) | https://t.co/BIGsFbJuW4 @Mandiant

— 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) (@780thC) October 26, 2022

A pro-China group Mandiant calls Dragonbridge spread thousands of social media disinformation posts. A major theme: dissuading Americans from voting in midterms. The posts got little engagement, but hint China’s influence operations may be getting bolder. https://t.co/d0dBAuhFNr

— Andy Greenberg (@a_greenberg) October 26, 2022