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UNIAN: Russia’s troll factory launches new website targeting Americans

By UNIAN.

Published June 6, 2018 at 12:21 pm

Trainees work in front of their computers at the "Cyber Gym" center, where IT and infrastructure company employees train to defend against cyber attacks on October 30, 2013 near the Israeli city of Hadera. The facility, a series of small buildings in the shadow of the looming Orot Rabin power station on Israel's northern coastline, was inaugurated this month by the Israel Electric Corp (IEC), which has experienced its fair share of cyber attacks.

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Three months after being indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice, the notorious Russian troll factory known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) has launched a new media venture targeting Americans.

This time, however, there’s reason to believe the project named “USA Really. Wake Up Americans” may not be just another influence operation, but rather an intelligence gathering experiment, according to ArcDigital.