Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2022
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records an influence campaign using cloned websites of outlets such as Der Spiegel and the Washington Post to undermine Western support for Ukraine, which researchers link to the Russian Social Design Agency. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics, target internet / Social media / News, location Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, United States, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, The Netherlands; the dataset records it as running from May 2022 to 2022-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 May 2022
- Where
- Germany, Germany
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence EU DisinfoLab
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Cloned news website influence campaign (Doppelganger) targeting European audiences, 2022", ev-20261027-379j, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-379j/