Article: The Disinformation Campaign Bank of America Considered

[Peter Presland]

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[Jan Klimkowski]

The blueprint is clear and transferable.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

the proposal emphasizes the national security ties and military background of the employees of the company (particularly Berico), the presentation fleshes out what the companies proposed. Under potential proactive tactics, it lists:

Feed the fuel between the feuding groups. Disinformation. Create messages around actions to sabotage or discredit the opposing organization. Submit fake documents and then call out the error.
Create concern over the security of the infrastructure. Create exposure stories. If the process is believed to not be secure they are done.
Cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters. This would kill the project. Since the servers are now in Sweden and France putting a team together to get access is more straightforward.
Media campaign to push the radical and reckless nature of wikileaks activities. Sustained pressure. Does nothing for the fanatics, but creates concern and doubt amongst moderates.
Search for leaks. Use social media to profile and identify risky behavior of employees.
Of particularly interest, they describe HBGary Federal's abilities to conduct INFOOPS, including "influence operations" and "social media exploitation."