Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has confirmed that the country has “information operations forces” The Russian government has succeeded in waging information warfare campaigns against numerous countries. But few seemed to have plans in place for defending against having their democratic processes getting hijacked by leaking stolen data to “dox” targets or seeding fake news. In recent months, there have been reports that Russia has been targeting France, Germany and other countries. It’s unclear how, exactly, targets of Russian propaganda should respond.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/blogs/no-shock-russia-confirms-cyber-war-efforts-p-2401