Sam Riddell

Analyst @Mandiant and @Google. Former Georgetown SSP & Ohio State Buckeye. Troll hunter, disinfo junkie. Tweets my own.

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

1/ Today, we at @mandiant are publishing a summary of notable information operations (IO) activity we’ve seen surrounding the War in Ukraine. My gratitude to the many teams at Mandiant who contributed. A thread on some of our findings:

https://t.co/rPy3uVqiF5

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

On the other site as https://t.co/SgS1a6PqPf

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

I will no longer be actively posting here and only plan to check this account periodically for correspondence. If you need to contact me, I can be reached by carrier pigeon. If it's urgent, just whistle and I'll appear.

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

@lageneralista

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

@SuzanneMSmalley @Reuters @Bing_Chris @zebatweets @mikebfarrell @goldykamali @CyberScoopNews Congrats!

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

I’ll still be on this site (for now at least), but if you’re on Infosec Mastodon- give me a follow!

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

Echoing Phil’s praise of Tina and @t_gidwani ‘s presentation on the wide world of Prigozhin-nexus IO. Honored to call you two colleagues! #CYBERWARCON

[Phil Venables @philvenables]

Proud of my @Google @Mandiant colleagues @t_gidwani Tina Tong @RiddellSam and @DavidMainor13 for delivering such great insights on pro-Russian information operations (IO) at @CYBERWARCON today in DC. Take a look at some of their findings: https://t.co/xOBUbK4iMw

[David Mainor @DavidMainor13]

Today @CYBERWARCON, my colleague @RiddellSam
presented our research on Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny (NDP), a longstanding Polish-language influence campaign. A thread:

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

It was an honor to present @Mandiant research on the pro-Russian “NDP” influence campaign. For more information on NDP, please check out this thread from my colleague and chief NDP expert @DavidMainor13 https://t.co/MZQ2RON7EU

[CYBERWARCON @CYBERWARCON]

Let's move to the Polish disinformation space with @DavidMainor13 (in absentia) and @RiddellSam as they discuss part of Russia’s disinformation ecosystem. #CYBERWARCON

[Оlga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7]

Kinda problematic when someone claiming to be a “cyber terrorist” can’t spell the word “Jihad” in Arabic. @RiddellSam sharing a great lightning talk @CYBERWARCON on NDP #CYBERWARCON

[Оlga Belogolova 🌻 @olgs7]

At #CYBERWARCON @benimmo and @killchain talking about the one kill chain to rule them all. How do you build a kill chain that helps you make sense of espionage operations, influence ops, brigading, fraud/scams, harmful misinformation, and all manner of online threat? @CYBERWARCON

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

#CYBERWARCON 2022 is a go!

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

Excited to share more details on this tomorrow at @CYBERWARCON and to see lots of familiar faces!

[jeff stone @jeffstone500]

Today in pro-Russian disinfo: A notorious Polish news site that loudly backed the Ukrainian invasion is tied to the notorious Ghostwriter influence campaign, @DavidMainor13 + @RiddellSam tell me.

Full findings coming tomorrow @ #CYBERWARCON.

Details: https://t.co/hevIxIXFHV

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

To all reporting on election IO today: remember that the appearance of foreign interference is sometimes the end goal of these operations, rather than actually changing votes. Let’s not help these actors accomplish their goals.

[Jack Stubbs @jc_stubbs]

NEW: A suspected-Russian campaign has engaged in renewed efforts to target U.S. far-right audiences ahead of the midterms. Latest activity suggests the actors are seeking to undermine Democrat candidates in Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York, and Ohio https://t.co/QhBDjSlN5o

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

4/ H/t to the IO team and all those who contributed to this piece! #disinformation #influence #informationoperations #IO #covertaction

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

1/No single IO defender can do it all. Where you sit largely determines where you defend, to adapt the old adage. This piece outlines how we at @Mandiant feel we are best positioned to contribute in the fight against Information Operations threat activity: https://t.co/SXTmEQfb2V

[Sam Riddell @RiddellSam]

3/ Finally, IMO our industry needs to do better job at establishing a shared lexicon. Towards that end, we’ve provided some of our own IO-related definitions in a glossary that we hope will be of use in that conversation.

[Joanna Taylor @JoannaRTaylor]

Who was Prime Minister when King Charles III ascended to the throne is going to be a really hard pub quiz question in about 20 years

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