Incident I00044: JadeHelm exercise

Summary: In the summer of 2015, thousands of troops from the US Army Special Operations command conducted and multi-state, weeks-long training operation across the southwest. Russian trolls amplified conspiracy theories promoted by far right media operatives such as Alex Jones, specifically: the Jade Helm 15 exercise was a precursor to domestic invasion and subsequent martial law by the Obama Administration in coordination with China. Some versions have deus ex machina such as an asteroid strike. Ultimately the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, was forced to speak out on the conspiracy theory, but he hedged on Obama’s motives.
incident type: incident
Year started: 2015
Countries: Russia , USA
Found via: MIS
Date added: 2019-02-25

Technique	Description given for this incident
T0009 Create fake experts	IT00000127 Promote fake “experts” with impressive (and scary) titles
T0010 Cultivate ignorant agents	IT00000126 cultivate, manipulate, exploit useful idiots (Alex Jones... drives conspiracy theories)
T0019 Generate information pollution	IT00000120 RT & Sputnik generate information pollution
T0020 Trial content	IT00000124 4Chan/8Chan - trial content
T0046 Use Search Engine Optimization	IT00000125 SEO optimisation/manipulation ("key words")

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