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Soofia Tariq

Red flag over Russian operation targeting Aust media

An investigation involving media groups has uncovered a disinformation campaign linked to Russia. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A co-ordinated disinformation campaign targeting the Australian media has been directly linked to Russia and is ramping up ahead of the US presidential election, a report says.

Finnish analytics firm CheckFirst unmasked the influence campaign, dubbed Operation Overload, in June after a joint investigation with AAP FactCheck and dozens of other global media organisations.

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