The Internet under the hood: intelligence is being introduced into the blogosphere

[Детективное агентство ИКС-Инфо.]

The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) intends to shape public opinion through the mass distribution of information messages on social networks.

So, it became known that in January this year, SVR announced three closed tenders for the study of “methods of tacit control on the Internet”, “methods of intelligence of Internet centers and regional segments of social networks”, as well as for the development of “means of promoting special information in social networks. " The programs are called, respectively, Monitor-3, Disput, and Storm-12, Kommersant reports citing its sources.

The customer planned to spend more than 30 million rubles on all three programs. According to the plans, the Dispute system will be the first to monitor the blogosphere, which should be engaged in "researching the processes of forming communities of Internet centers for disseminating information on social networks" and "identifying factors affecting the popularity and dissemination of information."

Then the received information will be analyzed by the Monitor-3 system. Its task is “the development of methods for organizing and managing the virtual community of attracted experts on the Internet, which include setting tasks, monitoring work on social media and regularly receiving information from experts in given subject areas.”

Based on the data received, the Storm-12 system will start throwing the necessary information into social networks, the source explains. The purpose of this virtual army will be "the mass distribution of information messages on given social networks using existing user accounts in order to form public opinion", "collecting statistics and analyzing the effectiveness of the dissemination of the information wave", "analysis of the suitability of the most popular social network services for initiating information waves of various thematic, social and other directions. "

It is expected that the Monitor-3 and Disput systems will be ready in 2012, and the Storm-12 in 2013.

Sources in the Russian special services did not rule out that after the SVR has these three programs at its disposal, they can be used to influence both the external audience and the internal one.

"After the development is completed, preliminary tests will begin, which will have to prove the effectiveness of the system," one of the newspaper’s sources explained.

According to him, at the first stage, these developments can be tested in the countries of Eastern Europe that were previously part of the USSR.
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[Частный детектив. Владивосток.]

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[Детективное агентство ИКС-Инфо.]

The comp is the second generation of the zomboyaschik !!! : lol:: lol:: lol:

I would even say - a new level: D
Internet addiction is a real diagnosis: D

 

[Частный детектив. Тайный советник. Омск.]

Progress is moving and we will not get anywhere from this.
Roma, thanks for the stuff.

 

[Краев Евгений Леонидович]

Thanks for the interesting stuff!

 

[Детективное агентство Тула]

Intelligence bot

As it became known to Kommersant, in January 2012, the Service
Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) announced three closed tenders
worth more than 30 million rubles., the purpose of which is to work out
new blogosphere monitoring techniques. home
task - "mass distribution of information
messages in specified social networks with the aim of
the formation of public opinion. "Sources" b "
consider that in future these developments may be
applied to work in the Russian segment
Internet.

SVR goes online

According to Kommersant’s information, tenders for research with code
the designations "Storm-12", "Monitor-3" and "Dispute" were
held in January-February 2012. As follows from the texts
three competitive tasks available to Kommersant,
state customer - PKU "Military unit N54939" -
requested to develop programs for "research methods
intelligence of Internet centers and regional segments
social networks "(code" Disput ") for 4.41 million rubles.,
"research of methods of tacit control on the Internet"
(code "Monitor-3") for 4.99 million rubles., and also conduct scientific
research work on the development of "means of promotion
special information on social networks "(code
"Storm-12") for 22.8 million rubles.
Three works, although divided into different tenders, are closely related
together. It is planned that first monitor the blogosphere
there will be a system of "Disputes", which should deal with
"a study of online community formation processes
centers for the dissemination of information on social networks "and" by identifying factors affecting
popularity and prevalence of information. "Then the information will be analyzed by the system
"Monitor 3". Its task is "the development of methods for organizing and managing the virtual Internet
community of experts involved in setting tasks, monitoring work in
social media and the regular receipt of information from experts in specific subject areas. "On
Based on the data received, the Storm-12 system will start throwing the necessary information into the social network.
The state customer ordered its functionality as follows: "development of a special software package
automated dissemination of information in large social networks and organizations
information support of events on prepared scenarios of impact on a given mass
an audience of social networks. "The documents specify that the goal of this virtual army will be" mass
distribution of informational messages in specified social networks using available accounting
records of users, in order to form public opinion "," statistics collection and analysis
propagation efficiency of the information wave, "" analysis of the suitability of the most popular
social network services to initiate information waves of various thematic, social and
other focus. "
According to Kommersant’s information, all three competitions were classified in secret because the basis for them was closed
Government Decision N1116-36 of December 23, 2011 on the allocation of state defense order funds to
year 2012. It is expected that the Monitor-3 and Disput systems will be ready in 2012, and the Storm-12 in
2013 year.
Sources of Kommersant in the special services claim that the military unit is N54939, whose commander Alexander Bychkov
acted as a customer for all three tenders, is part of the SVR system. Request "b" in the intelligence agency
on this subject remained unanswered. However, this information is confirmed by two documents located in
open access. The first is the annex to the order of the Ministry of Communications of August 23, 1994: in the "list of
enterprises and organizations that have received permits to carry out work to protect information ",
Part N54939 is listed as the control of computerization of the SVR. The second, more recent document is a letter
Administration of the Moscow City Government Order On Benefits for Paying Utilities for Personnel
foreign intelligence officers. "As of July 2011, the document states that for
providing benefits to military personnel and civilian personnel working in military unit N54939,
certificates are accepted without indicating departmental affiliation on the basis of the federal law on SVR.
The Iteranet company became the direct executor in all three competitions (see the certificate). Her
Director General Igor Matskevich (in the past - First Deputy Head of the Institute of Cryptography, Communications and
Informatics Academy of the FSB) evaded a conversation with Kommersant. He refused to answer written questions.
Kommersant’s interlocutors in the Russian special services do not exclude that, after the SVR receives
instructions of the Storm-12, Monitor-3 and Disput programs, they can be used to influence both
external audience, and internal. "Once development is complete, begin
preliminary tests, which will have to prove the effectiveness of the system, "- explains one of
sources of "b". When asked about which countries these developments will be tested on, Kommersant’s source
answered evasively: "At the first stage, these may be the countries of Eastern Europe that were part of
Soviet Union".
"The Internet has long attracted the attention of intelligence agencies, and, of course, not only Russian ones," says another
interlocutor of Kommersant. - I recall that the Russian Federation proposed on a legislative basis - under the auspices of the UN - to ban
States use the Internet to “undermine the political, economic and social systems of others
states ", as well as for" manipulating information flows in the information space
of other states, including disinformation "(Kommersant wrote, in particular, on relevant initiatives
April). However, our partners, primarily Western ones, did not consider it necessary to listen to us. "
Bot of internal use
Commenting on the possibility of applying new developments in Russian social networks, Kommersant’s interlocutor
noted that the practice of technology transfer between SVR and the FSB is not commonly used because
the risk of information leakage increases, however, it was noted that in the event of such
necessary resource can be used in the needs of both departments, no government acts
this is not required; the issue is being resolved at the leadership level of the two departments.
Interviewed by Kommersant experts note that the programs developed by order of the SVR are universal in their
application. "The text of the tender for the Storm-12 system directly says that millions of rubles
intelligence agencies want to spend on creating a stuffing system through pre-registered in social networks
accounts. The main obstacle to the system’s operation is the means of protecting social networks from spam, -
Internet expert Anton Nosik told Kommersant. “Part of the money will be spent on neutralizing these defenses.”
Another Internet technology expert agrees with him, asking him not to be named.
"Almost one hundred percent chance that the addressees," clients "of these works in the future may become
Russian social networks and their users, as well as foreign networks and resources such as Facebook and Google+,
Russian special services do not have access to technical control, but do external monitoring
events and activities, as well as to study the functionality of resources and look for holes in their protection to fight the political opposition, which is actively using foreign network resources, they can do it, "-
he says.
According to the expert, such programs can be very effective, especially when it comes to
autopsy of administrators, fan mailings, or bot infection of computers. "Still within
several units of the former KGB of the USSR - the current FSB of Russia conducted scientific and
practical work on various kinds of "social projects", which are just described "close to
the text "in the content of these tenders, but with regard to the Internet and modern social networks, -
he recalls. - The corresponding "scientific" centers are multi-storey "candles" that stand on the avenue
Vernadsky behind the building of Moscow State University and the University metro. There were topics with the planting of interracial discord and
the most reducing the combat effectiveness of the US Armed Forces, with the introduction and subsequent provocations for a split
Soviet dissident movement, with the prevention of the spread of unwanted information in the event
natural disasters and social unrest and, conversely, ensuring the spread of false but
“useful, necessary information.” The Coordinator of the Safe Internet Center, Urvan Parfentiev, recalls
that for the first time they started talking about Russia's attempts to influence the situation in other countries via the Internet after
stories with the demolition of the monument to the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn in 2007. "Nothing is impossible to
post and virally spread information on the net, no, Mr. Parfentiev said.
Regarding influence from the outside, here you can either constantly talk something about the positive image of Russia, as
this makes Russia Today, or respond to certain information peaks when attention
foreigners chained to Russia. "According to the expert, in such a situation, the strategy may be
defensive - for example, after the war in South Ossetia, Russia had to spend a lot of time on
debunking pictures created by Western media - or offensive. As an example, the expert cited
the work of Radio Liberty and Voice of America in Soviet times, when they constantly found
negative news occasions. "Just 30 years ago they used the radio for such work, and now
Internet has replaced them, ”summed up Mr. Parfentiev.
Ilya Barabanov, Ivan Safronov, Elena Chernenko

Source: Newspaper Kommersant, No. 158 / P (4943), 08/27/2012

 

[Георгий Ахенко]

Very interesting. Thank.