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SUMMARY:Beyond the Narrative: Mapping the Hidden Infrastructure of Informa
 tion Warfare - Oskar Gross
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DESCRIPTION:Information warfare is usually examined through its visible ou
 tputs\, including fabricated stories\, coordinated accounts\, bot networks
  and manipulated audiences\, but every campaign also depends on a quieter 
 technical layer that receives far less scrutiny. Developers\, data systems
 \, monitoring platforms and institutional relationships make influence ope
 rations scalable\, measurable and sustainable over time.\nThis talk presen
 ts an investigation into that hidden layer. Starting with a small collecti
 on of fragmented indicators\, we followed traces across professional profi
 les\, source code repositories\, conference appearances\, corporate record
 s\, procurement data and employment history. Although each signal appeared
  ordinary in isolation\, their combined pattern revealed a previously undo
 cumented relationship between software engineering\, regional monitoring i
 nfrastructure and a state-linked influence ecosystem.\nRather than focusin
 g only on a single attribution\, the session follows real life case study 
 and shows the investigative flow by moving from weak signals to defensible
  hypotheses\, correlating technical capabilities with operational requirem
 ents\, separating confirmed relationships from circumstantial inference an
 d communicating conclusions without overstating certainty. It also examine
 s the complications that frequently appear in this type of research\, incl
 uding public-facing professional identities\, opaque subcontracting arrang
 ements\, misleading corporate footprints and records that do not align cle
 anly across time.\nThe broader lesson is that countering information warfa
 re requires more than identifying false narratives after they begin to spr
 ead. Defenders must also understand the infrastructure\, labour\, organisa
 tions and supply chains that support these operations. When propaganda net
 works are treated as security systems with developers\, dependencies\, das
 hboards\, data flows and operational weaknesses\, investigators can apply 
 many of the same techniques already used in threat intelligence and incide
 nt response.
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URL:https://pretalx.com/bsides-tallinn-2026/talk/SEYK7L/
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