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Brian Liston

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Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future Analyzing Russia IO, Ukraine, election security Cited in NYT, FT, Politico, Axios, NBC, France 24 GSPIA class of 2017

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Sep 3

New report published today from our team at Recorded Future: “Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections”

www.recordedfuture.com/research/rus...

Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections

Ahead of Moldova’s 2025 elections, Russia-linked influence operations seek to undermine EU integration, discredit President Sandu, and destabilize democratic processes through coordinated disinformati...

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Sep 3

New report published today from our team at Recorded Future: “Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections”

www.recordedfuture.com/research/rus...

Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections

www.recordedfuture.com

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 22

Namely the vision of boots on the ground with GWOT fresh in our minds. I don’t see that even as a remote possibility.

Way too much social media talk thinking we’re heading down that path.

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 22

Personally, I feel like talk of war is a bit overblown.

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 18

Ha! I was archiving these on the side and finally had enough on the 16th to come to the same result. Had I seen your post, I could’ve just called it quits.

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 18

Read it here: www.recordedfuture.com/research/thr...

Threats to the 2025 NATO Summit: Cyber, Influence, and Hybrid Risks

Explore how state-sponsored actors, cybercriminals, and hacktivists are targeting the 2025 NATO Summit. Insight from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group reveals escalating cyber, AI, and hybrid threats fro...

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨📝 - A new report out this morning from Insikt Group: Threats to the 2025 NATO Summit.

In our report, we cover:

🌍strategic threat environment
⚡️hybrid warfare
💡influence operations from 🇷🇺 🇨🇳
🕵️ cyber-espionage activity
👀 cybercrime and hacktivism
🏢 physical security threats

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Jun 17

The amount of “history being made” we’ve seen over the last 10 years (let alone 25-30) is enough for multiple lifetimes.

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · May 31

They hate Sandu above all. Macron #2

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · May 18

“Kyiv would have fallen in five hours if Putin’s tanks hadn’t gotten stuck in the mud,” Trump claimed.

Strange how that mud also burned down tanks, blew up fuel trucks, and stopped entire columns with Javelins and Molotovs.

Why not give credit to the Ukrainians who stood and fought back?

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · May 10

Interesting how the pro-Russia, World War III doomers are awfully silent at two nuclear powers currently battling it out…

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · May 8

I’ve yet to see any evidence suggesting this post, delivered to 6.3 million followers, is true.

Instead, just a deluge of misleading posts, misattributed photos, and other fake news saturating the info space.

In my opinion, it’s worse than Russia-Ukraine.

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · May 7

As with any conflict in the era of social media (or really anytime in human history) fog of war is a very real thing.

Consider your sources, verify.

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Apr 27

YNWA

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Apr 21

T’was great to unplug for a week.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Apr 8

🔴 Ukraine has charged Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva in absentia for pushing Kremlin war narratives and calling for strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian Authorities Charge Russian Propagandist Olga Skabeeva for Promoting Moscow’s Invasion

The SBU has charged Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva with supporting the Kremlin's war efforts against Ukraine, citing her calls for territorial capture.

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 25

If they’re so ineffective, are you asking for sanctions relief as a ceasefire condition?

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 24

RT doing RT things

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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is exactly the sort of thing that spins up big time Congressional investigations.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Mar 24

BREAKING

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared.

Full Story: bit.ly/4c4hqW2

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@Pete Hegseth if you think we should do it let's go.
I just hate bailing Europe out again.
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Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it.
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VP: I fully share your loathing of
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Pete Hegseth
VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.
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As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?
If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 24

The good thing: this fake Charlie Hebdo cover got community noted.

The bad thing: the community note source is part of the Portal Kombat “Pravda” ecosystem…

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 11

Stage a ceasefire violation, pin it on Ukrainian troops, and hope the narrative sticks… all in the hope that the US would view Ukraine in acting in bad faith and perhaps permanently cut off support.

Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 11

In the event of an “agreed” ceasefire - and given the long track record - I’d be particularly wary of Russian false flag events.

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · Mar 11

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