The Art of Deception: Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations - The Intercept
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Leaked slide deck from an internal GCHQ presentation prepared by the Joint Threat Intelligence Research Group. The ghouls are learning.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I've been going over it trying to infer what I'm assuming is some missing supplemental material but from what I can gather so far it looks like a fairly comprehensive guide to agitprop is buried in here somewhere.

      • tim [he/him,they/them]
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        3 years ago

        I just skimmed it and I recognize a fair amount of the terms from social engineering stuff I’ve read. A lot of it seems like Meyers-Briggs corporate management mumbo jumbo, but at the same time those models are significantly more accurate in the aggregate. The scam stuff is definitely something that can be applied one-on-one, though

      • comi [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Basically mimic, adapt and then start going over internal tensions/whatever else to pull apart group

        • tim [he/him,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          It’s not a complicated strategy. 4chan stumbled into it by chance decades ago

    • tim [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      I hear if you post hard enough you start getting recruiter emails from ex-military finance regulators