Inside a Russian Fake News Factory

In this extra scene, Andrey Soshnikov, a reporter at BBC London, talks about breaking the story of a propaganda factory that operates in St. Petersburg. The troll farm is responsible for creating fake news and propaganda videos.

Tagged:
cyber espionage, cybersecurity, Documentary, Hacking, Jānis Sārts, Latvia, phishing, riga, russian hackers, security, spying, SURVEILLANCE, Technology, vice_videos:premiere, ΝΑΤΟ

More Cyberwar

Who is Anonymous?

The notorious hacktivist collective Anonymous has targeted everyone from PayPal to the FBI. But a string of arrests have crippled the group. So who is Anonymous now?
Former Sony Employee Discusses Being Hacked

Former Sony employee Celina Chavanette tells host Ben Makuch about how she found out the security breach of employee data affected her, and what happened afterwards.
Cyber Mercenaries

Authoritarian regimes are using spyware tools bought from private companies in the West. Hacker PhineasFisher targeted these companies to reveal their deals to suppress dissent.
Hacked by China

From Google to the government, China has hacked many American networks. But there’s a difference between spying and stealing intellectual property.