In a report dated Oct. 26, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant identified new narratives pushed by Dragonbridge, an online disinformation campaign. The report says that Dragonbridge—in an effort to influence the U.S. midterm elections—has been aggressively seeking to create conflicts between the United States and its allies and within the U.S. political system.
In an earlier report, Mandiant states that Dragonbridge consists of a vast network of fake social media accounts promoting specific narratives in line with the political interests of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Mandiant has been monitoring and reporting on it since June 2019.
Believed to have been formed in the midst of the Hong Kong anti-extradition protests, Dragonbridge’s early narratives included discrediting Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters….