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Romania is hit by election interference amid Russian cyber attacks

2024-12-05 07:44:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Romania is hit by election interference amid Russian cyber attacks

Authorities in Romania have revealed details of what appears to be a major attempt to interfere in the country's presidential election using the social media platform TikTok and a series of cyber attacks.

Romania's internal secret service says there are signs the attempt was "coordinated by a state-sponsored actor".

Calin Georgescu, a far-right NATO skeptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin, was virtually unknown in Romania until he won the first round of voting in the presidential election two weeks ago.

Now Romanian intelligence says that his sudden and surprising rise in popularity is the result of a "highly organized" and "guerrilla" campaign on social media, sharing the same messages and using influencers.

They say it was carried out by "external locations" to bypass checks.

A separate intelligence assessment says Romania has been identified as an "enemy state" by Moscow and a priority target for what it calls "hybrid aggressive actions"./ CNA





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