# Incident I00006: Columbian Chemicals

* **Summary:** Early Russian (IRA) “fake news” stories. Completely fabricated; very short lifespan. 

* **incident type**: incident

* **Year started:** 2014

* **Countries:** Russia , USA

* **Found via:** 

* **Date added:** 2019-02-24


| Reference(s) |
| --------- |
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Chemicals_Plant_explosion_hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Chemicals_Plant_explosion_hoax) |

 

| Technique | Description given for this incident |
| --------- | ------------------------- |
| [T0007 Create Inauthentic Social Media Pages and Groups](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0007.md) | IT00000029 Fake twitter profiles to amplify |
| [T0015 Create Hashtags and Search Artefacts](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0015.md) | IT00000027 Create and use hashtag |
| [T0039 Bait Influencer](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0039.md) | IT00000030 bait journalists/media/politicians |
| [T0043 Chat Apps](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0043.md) | IT00000025 Use SMS/text messages |


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