Crypto Fuels Global Disinformation Networks Ahead of 2024 Elections
2024 is set to be the largest global election year in history. Citizens in the United States, Brazil, Pakistan, India and Indonesia are going to or have gone to the polls.
?Disinformation thrives in this environment. Around elections, malign foreign actors will conduct systemic influence campaigns to sow chaos, division, and confusion. Action must be taken against them because that could interfere with their democratic processes.
So what does crypto have to do with elections?
Crypto which is based on blockchain technology is being used to fund the disinformation. Blockchain is a fully traceable system which means that crypto transactions are transparent financing that connects people, places, and things. Using crypto tracing technology, investigators can connect transactions to groups and individuals and discover who’s behind these campaigns, as well as who’s supporting them and shut them down!
Intelligence from blockchain data platform Chainalysis revealed the cryptocurrency nexus in a report released on July 24 confirming that crypto is used to finance and facilitate disinformation operations.?
It revealed the networks of actors, from Russian media outlets to paramilitary groups. They include:
?SouthFront: A Russian disinformation media outlet
? Iranian media outlet called Islamic World News (ISWN)
? Russian paramilitary groups and military bloggers
? Recently sanctioned Russian agents
?Chainalysis’ intelligence also highlighted the technologies and services powered by crypto payments that are used to spread disinformation. They include:
This report should be useful for policymakers, investigators, and tech professionals around the world including Singapore - which will soon hold a national election – to use the blockchain technology to stop the disinformation campaigns.
Action is urgently needed especially international cooperation to combat the cross-border threats to address crypto's role in disinformation.
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