A forged letter from Sen. Marco Rubio, false news sites criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, and fake social media accounts are all part of a complex pro-China information operation revealed by the cybersecurity firm Mandiant on Thursday.
Mandiant said it found 72 suspected false news sites targeting audiences in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia with messages critical of America and boosting China.
The new report authored by Mandiant analysts Ryan Serabian and Daniel Zafra said a Chinese public relations firm and a technology company are behind the “HaiEnergy” campaign using 11 different languages.