Black Hat 2024: Foreign Influence Operations Evolve as Narrative Attacks Become Sophisticated

At Black Hat 2024, former NATO analyst Franky Saegerman reveals the intricate strategies and real-world impact of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns that seek to manipulate global narratives.

Former NATO analyst Franky Saegerman revealed the strategies and real-world impact of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns that seek to manipulate global narratives in his keynote address at the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Saegerman, who spent three decades studying the evolution of malign foreign influence campaigns, noted that cyber-attacks and narrative attacks are converging, powered largely by AI-enabled narrative attacks.

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