A report issued last month by the magazine "Politico" America that the interests of Russian intelligence are exploiting social networking sites, including Facebook to target US soldiers on the site and overthrow them through the publication of a Russian propaganda letter.
According to the Politico magazine in its June 12 survey, Russian intelligence services have become increasingly interested in social networking sites in its war against the United States. This is the easiest way to spread Russian propaganda among American soldiers without the need to sow agents and spies. US military system.
According to the journal Politico, Russian intelligence relies on technology in the penetration of information gathering and espionage, but also uses social networking sites for the same purpose in addition to the dissemination of false information and propaganda letter serves the interests of Russia, and in this regard, Russian clients are using these sites and the top Facebook for the purpose of creating fake profiles and often in the name of beautiful women and stimulants in order to add American soldiers as friends.
Thus, these imaginary intelligence profiles and after the addition of American soldiers begin to publish a propaganda letter close to Russia aims to gain sympathy from the American military community, including that revealed by the magazine Politico quoting a former American soldier indicates that one of these profiles published content is a story One of the Russian soldiers who died heroically in Syria in the face of a defiant terrorist, which was greatly admired by American soldiers and more sympathy with this story.
To counter this Russian propaganda campaign targeting American soldiers, which may develop for direct exploitation later, the US magazine quoted Linda Rojas, spokeswoman for the US Department of Defense Pentagon, that the ministry is strengthening the standards of information security at the level of the US military, and it is In training courses for soldiers to confront this danger.