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Top Stories published by DFRLab in August of 2018

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#MinskMonitor: New Russian Electronic Warfare Systems in Eastern Ukraine

Monitors find recently-developed complexes on the wrong side of the Russo-Ukrainian border

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#TrollTracker: Russia’s Other Troll Team

Mueller points to existence of second Russian troll operation focused on activist groups and foreign policy

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#ElectionWatch: URSAL, Illuminati, and Brazil’s YouTube Subculture

Amplified through YouTube, a term created as a joke ends up on nationally televised presidential debate

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#MinskMonitor: A Dozen Ukrainian Casualties in Zholobok

One of the deadliest skirmishes of 2018 leaves five soldiers dead

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#MinskMonitor: Donetsk Leader Zakharchenko Assassinated

Open source survey of reports, materials, and rumors surrounding the assassination of the separatist leader

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#ElectionWatch: Loves For Sale In Brazil

Exposing a Brazilian network which trades clicks for cash

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#ElectionWatch: Bots Around Brazil’s First Presidential Debate

Low impact of bots and fake data, but at least one “fake” article among the top stories

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#MinskMonitor: Russian Military Convoy Filmed Entering Ukraine

OSCE drone captures latest Russian incursion into their western neighbor

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#TrollTracker: Russian Traces in Facebook Takedown

Part One — Assessing the origins of the “inauthentic” accounts

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#TrollTracker: Iran’s Suspected Information Operation

Assessing the main pages and accounts traced to Tehran by FireEye

These were the top 10 stories published by DFRLab in August of 2018. You can also dive into daily archives for August of 2018 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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