According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “We live in a world where the internet is rife with misinformation and disinformation. In a precarious digital world, the need for awareness about this risk is greater than ever.”
The Resilience Series of graphic novels have been created as a medium to communicate the threat of inaccurate information, its impact on our world and to how to minimalize its impact through careful examination of facts.
Clint Watts. Resilience Series: Real Fake. Washington D.C.: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2020, p. 35. Demonstrates how threat actors capitalize on political and social issues to stealthily plant doubt in the minds of targeted audiences and steer their opinion. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo157284
Clint Watts and Farid Haque. Resilience Series: Bug Bytes. Washington D.C.: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 2020, p. 37. Demonstrates how threat actors use social media and other communication platforms to spread inaccurate information for the sole purpose of planting doubt in the minds of targeted audiences to steer their opinion. https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo157312
The War on Pineapple: Understanding Foreign Interference in 5 Steps. A tongue in cheek look at how a disinformation campaign works. https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_1008_cisa_the-war-on-pineapple-understanding-foreign-interference-in-5-steps.pdf
Also, checkout CISA’s Tools of Disinformation: Inauthentic Content. A quick overview of various techniques used to spread disinformation. https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/mdm-inauthentic-content-product-english_508.pdf