Russian election hacking
Russian trolls tried to use Pokemon Go and “LGBT-positive sex toys” to tip the 2016 election
“The breadth of the attack included games, browser extensions, and music apps created by the IRA and pushed to targeted groups, including U.S. teenagers.”
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina admits to conspiracy against U.S.
"Butina sought to establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over U.S. politics."
The Resistance in Star Wars also has to worry about Russian bots
“It is important to stress, of course, that there are also a substantial number of fans who simply think The Last Jedi is a bad film and who use social media to express their disappointment.”
Trump said he'd bring up election meddling. He gave Putin a wink instead.
“I think we will end up having an extraordinary relationship.”
Moscow just shrugged off Mueller's indictment: "Russia did not meddle"
“There are no indications that the Russian state could have been involved in this."
Putin's re-election bid takes a page from the George W. Bush playbook
Russian President Vladimir Putin took a page out of George W. Bush’s “Mission accomplished” playbook on Monday when he staged a surprise visit to Syria and told Russian servicemen they’d soon be “going home victorious.”
Roy Moore says sexual assault allegations are his Russia investigation
Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican vying to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has an odd sense of equivalency.
Facebook is going to tell you how many Russian trolls you follow
The social network revealed Thursday it is creating “a portal to enable people on Facebook to learn which of the Internet Research Agency Facebook Pages or Instagram accounts they may have liked or followed between January 2015 and August 2017.”