Russia has been increasingly involved in cyber-crimes especially towards its western allies i.e. the United States. Some of the supporters of Russia and bots were involved in spreading false information on the internet that there was no chemical attack on Duoma. Despite confirmation from the WTO (World Trade Organization), medics, independent journalists regarding the chemical attacks in Duoma, Russia constantly denied any chemical attacks. NATO’s East Stratcom Task Force said that ‘Immediately after the reports of a suspected chemical attack in Syrian Douma appeared, Russia reignited its disinformation campaign on the use of chemical weapons in Syria’
Kremlin tried to mislead the users and repeatedly flooded the internet with false information. Surprisingly, it was found that Russian disinformation accounted for two out of every three articles about the Skripal case shared on social media. Cyber-attacks needs to be controlled and regulated through information disclosure and boundaries forming the protocols.
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