Alexej Hock
After studying mechanical engineering, I switched to journalism. After training at the Axel Springer Academy, I worked in the investigative department of Die Welt. At CORRECTIV, I am investigating Russian influence on German politics and the far right.
Session
12-30
13:50
40min
identity theft, credit card fraud and cloaking services – how state-sponsored propaganda makes use of the cyber criminal toolbox
Alexej Hock, Max Bernhard
The Russian disinformation campaign Doppelgänger is considered to be technically highly sophisticated. Research by CORRECTIV and Qurium has revealed that the Russian state relies on the toolbox of internet fraudsters for the dissemination of propaganda and fakes. A talk on the state's possible alliance with the criminal world - and on possibilities and limitations of countering it.
Ethics, Society & Politics
Saal 1