# Incident I00061: Military veterans Targetting

* **Summary:** 

* **incident type**: campaign

* **Year started:** 2017

* **Countries:** Russia , US

* **Found via:** 

* **Date added:** 2019-03-20


| Reference(s) |
| --------- |
| [https://www.stripes.com/congressmen-urge-fbi-to-investigate-bots-targeting-veterans-with-fake-news-1.573284](https://www.stripes.com/congressmen-urge-fbi-to-investigate-bots-targeting-veterans-with-fake-news-1.573284) |
| [https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-influence-operations-taking-aim-at-us-military/4640751.html](https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-influence-operations-taking-aim-at-us-military/4640751.html) |
| [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/09/russian-operatives-used-twitter-and-facebook-to-target-veterans-and-military-personnel-study-says/?utm_term=.d6fa34d4819c](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/09/russian-operatives-used-twitter-and-facebook-to-target-veterans-and-military-personnel-study-says/?utm_term=.d6fa34d4819c) |
| [https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/working-papers/vetops/](https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/working-papers/vetops/) |

 

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