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France Russia Armenia Ukraine [+5] Russia Disinformation Campaigns Document Forgery Media Impersonation Deepfake Video Creation

Russian 'Matryoshka' Campaign Creates Fake Euronews Content to Amplify Middle East Disinformation

Moscow-linked operation doctored videos and fabricated reports to discredit Western and Ukrainian positions
France Russia Armenia Russia [+4] Election Interference Disinformation Campaigns Identity Spoofing Deepfake Video Creation

Russian Disinformation Network Fabricates Electoral Manipulation Claims Against Armenia and France

Fake video alleging Armenian-French vote manipulation scheme uses sophisticated Matryoshka and Doppelgänger tactics
France Russia Russia Disinformation Campaigns [+2] Influence Operations Foreign Information Manipulation

Russian GRU Unit 29155 Spreads False Epstein-Macron Content Across Europe

Viginum links Storm-1516 disinformation campaign to military intelligence operation targeting Ukraine supporters
France China China Asset Recruitment [+2] Intelligence Selling Military Espionage

France Charges Four in China-Linked Espionage Case Targeting Sensitive Military Data

Investigation focuses on alleged attempts to capture satellite and defense information for Beijing
France Russia Estonia European Union (EU) [+11] Germany Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Disinformation Campaigns Cyber Espionage Influence Operations Government Destabilization Communication Jamming Foreign Information Manipulation

EU Sanctions 12 Individuals and 2 Entities for Russian Information Warfare Operations

Targets include GRU Unit 29155 operatives and cyber group Cadet Blizzard for destabilizing activities
France Russia Finland Germany [+11] Norway Poland United Kingdom Russia Election Interference Disinformation Campaigns Cyber Espionage Infrastructure Attacks Physical Infrastructure Tampering Industrial Sabotage Deepfake Video Creation

Russian Sabotage Operations Against European Infrastructure Show Marked Escalation

IISS analysis documents intensified hybrid warfare campaign spanning seven critical sectors
France Russia Ukraine Russia [+3] Disinformation Campaigns Influence Operations Unwitting Amplification

French Intelligence Exposes 80 Russian Disinformation Campaigns Targeting Ukraine and Allies

Viginum report reveals coordinated influence operations spanning 19 months across multiple platforms
France Russia European Union Russia [+3] Disinformation Campaigns Media Impersonation AI Profile Generation

Russian Doppelganger Operation Deploys AI-Enhanced Disinformation Against 2024 European Parliament Elections

EU Documents Coordinated Information Warfare Campaign Targeting Democratic Processes Across Member States
France Russia Russia Infrastructure Attacks [+2] DDoS Attacks Website Defacement

Russian Hackers Target French National Assembly in Ukraine-Linked Cyber Attack

DDoS operation disrupts parliamentary website for hours as Moscow integrates cyber warfare with military campaign
France Iran Iran Disinformation Campaigns [+1] Cyber Espionage

Iranian Cyber Unit Targets Charlie Hebdo in Retaliatory Information Operation

IRGC-linked Cotton Sandstorm group exfiltrates customer data following satirical content
France Russia Germany Poland [+6] Ukraine Russia Cyber Espionage Infrastructure Attacks Military Espionage Satellite Network Attack

Western Alliance Attributes Ukraine Satellite Cyberattack to Russian Military Intelligence

Viasat KA-SAT network disruption disabled Ukrainian communications and German wind farms on invasion day
France Iran Belgium European Union [+6] Germany Netherlands Iran Transnational Repression Diaspora Surveillance Cross-Border Intimidation

EU Sanctions Eight Iranian Officials for Transnational Repression of Political Dissidents

European Union targets Iranian government campaign to silence critics and activists abroad through coordinated restrictive measures
France Iran Iraq Iran [+2] Transnational Repression Diplomatic Kidnapping

Iran Executes Dissident Journalist After International Kidnapping Operation

IRGC abducted Ruhollah Zam from Iraq in complex transnational repression case
France Russia Germany United Kingdom [+4] United States Russia Disinformation Campaigns Social Media Hijacking

Russian Information Operations Reached Over 126 Million Americans Through Social Media Platforms

Facebook and Twitter reveal massive scale of Kremlin-linked disinformation targeting Western democracies
France Russia Denmark Germany [+11] India Italy Poland Ukraine United Kingdom United States Russia Malware Distribution Malware Warfare Supply Chain Exploitation Wiper Attacks

Russian Military Hackers Launch NotPetya Attack Through Ukrainian Software

GRU operation causes $10 billion in global damages while devastating Ukraine's digital infrastructure
France North Korea China Germany [+9] Spain United Kingdom United States Various North Korea Infrastructure Attacks Malware Distribution Coordinated Cyber Warfare Ransomware Campaigns

North Korea's Lazarus Group Deployed WannaCry Ransomware in Global Infrastructure Attack

US Attribution Links Pyongyang to 2017 Cyber Operation That Crippled Hospitals and Critical Systems Worldwide
France Russia Russia Election Interference [+5] Disinformation Campaigns Cyber Espionage Document Forgery Data Breach Publication Social Media Hijacking

Russian Military Intelligence Targets French Presidential Election Through Macron Campaign Hack

GRU-linked Fancy Bear releases massive data dump two days before voting, mixing authentic emails with fabricated documents
France Russia Russia Election Interference [+1] Classified Document Leaking

Russian Intelligence Conducts Email Leak Operation Against French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron

2017 Macron Email Leaks Expose Foreign Electoral Interference in European Democracy
France Russia Russia Election Interference [+2] Classified Document Leaking Information Domain Projection

Russian Intelligence Conducts Email Leak Operation Against French Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron

2017 Macron Email Leaks Represent Significant Foreign Electoral Interference Campaign During Critical Pre-Election Period
France Syria United Kingdom United States [+5] Other Cyber Espionage Terrorism Promotion Website Defacement Targeted Elimination

U.S. Drone Strike Eliminates British ISIS Cyber Commander in Syria

Junaid Hussain's death removes key figure behind Cyber Caliphate operations targeting Western infrastructure
France Russia Russia Cyber Espionage [+3] Infrastructure Attacks Identity Spoofing False Flag Attribution

Russian APT28 Disguised ISIS False Flag Operation Against French Broadcaster

Fancy Bear hackers masked sophisticated cyberattack on TV5Monde as jihadist operation
France Unknown Other Infrastructure Attacks [+3] Terrorism Promotion Social Media Hijacking Broadcasting Hijacking

ISIS-Affiliated Hackers Breach French Television Network in Landmark Media Cyberattack

TV5Monde compromise demonstrates terrorist groups' expanding cyber capabilities against Western infrastructure
France Germany European Union Other [+3] Government Infiltration Diplomatic Coercion Communications Interception

German Intelligence Agency BND Conducts Espionage Operations Against French Officials and EU Leadership

Intelligence cooperation agreement facilitates targeting of allied government communications and diplomatic activities
France Russia Germany United States [+3] Russia Disinformation Campaigns Social Media Hijacking

Chinese Internet Research Agency Establishes Disinformation Infrastructure for US Election Targeting

Kremlin-Linked Organization Begins Systematic Social Media Operations in Spring 2014
France China United States China [+5] Malware Distribution Government Infiltration Asset Recruitment Military Espionage Persistent Network Infiltration

Chinese Intelligence Officer Launched Multi-Year Aviation Espionage Campaign Through French Facility

MSS operative Yanjun Xu recruited insiders to plant malware targeting Western aviation secrets
France United States Other Government Infiltration [+2] Communications Interception Classified Document Leaking

WikiLeaks Exposes NSA Surveillance of French President and Senior Officials

Espionnage Élysée revelations highlight mutual intelligence targeting between allied nations
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