Foreign electoral intervention
Interventions by foreign governments in elections
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| 2025 | CrowdStrike experiences financial growth, with annual revenue increasing to $3.95 billion and net cash flow from operations rising to $1.38 billion |
| March 2025 | Erik Prince announced a security support deal with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa to assist government forces in addressing the ongoing Ecuadorian conflict. |
| 2025 | Erik Prince led a group that proposed a deportation plan to the Trump administration, involving support from the private sector. |
| February 2025 | Stone became a weekday host on WABC radio. |
| February 2025 |
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
The Hill reported on claims by ex-KGB officials that Trump was potentially cultivated, recruited (with alleged codename 'Krasnov'), and/or compromised in 1987.
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| January 8 2025 | Farage voted with other Reform UK MPs for a national inquiry into rape gangs, which was ultimately defeated in parliament. |
| January 7 2025 | Farage stated he aimed to 'mend fences' with Elon Musk. |
| January 5 2025 | Elon Musk called for Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform UK amidst speculation about a potential $100 million donation to the party. |
| January 2 2025 | In response to Kemi Badenoch's call for a national public inquiry into rape gangs, Farage accused both major parties of failing victims. |
| 2024 | An investigation by multiple media outlets uncovered leaked documents from the 'Agency of Social Design', revealing their involvement in large-scale disinformation campaigns. The agency produced approximately 40,000 content units (including memes, images, and comments) over a 4-month period, targeting governments of France, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine. |
| 2024 | The OCCRP and The Age reported on connections between triad figures and the CCP's united front operations in the Pacific, particularly in Fiji. |
| 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
Russian information warfare strategy includes imitating established media websites and using human commentators to drive traffic to AI-generated content sites, aiming to spread anti-American sentiment and manipulate public discourse.
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| 2024 | CrowdStrike reported total annual revenue of $3.06 billion, representing a 36% increase from the previous year. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike acquired Israeli cloud security startups Flow Security for $200 million and Adaptive Shield for $300 million. |
| 2024 | Published his second novel, 'Westport'. |
| 2024 | Stein ran for president for the third time with running mate Butch Ware, campaigning on an anti-war stance, universal healthcare, free public education, an eco-socialist 'real Green New Deal', and strong worker rights. |
| 2024 | Stein was interviewed by Mehdi Hasan about her views on world leaders, initially avoiding directly calling Putin a war criminal. Three days after the interview, her Twitter account posted a statement describing Putin as a war criminal. |
| 2024 | Jill Stein ran as the Green Party presidential candidate in the United States presidential election, receiving 730,939 votes (0.5% of the total vote) |
| 2024 | During the Israel-Hamas war, Stein accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians and criticized both Democratic and Republican parties for providing military aid to Israel while de-funding the UNRWA. |
| 2024 | Nigel Farage is expected to play a significant role in the upcoming 2024 general election as a member of the Reform UK party. |
| 2024 | Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council banned its citizens from working at Confucius Institutes due to national security concerns. |
| 2024 | Assange's legal counsel characterized him as a 'journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan', while the US government disputed this characterization. |
| 2024 | Became an Honorary citizen of Rome. |
| December 2024 | In December 2024, it was revealed that Elon Musk was planning a $100 million donation to the Reform UK party to support Farage's bid for prime minister. Farage confirmed ongoing contact with Musk, highlighting their shared policy views. |
| November 2024 | Farage was not invited to speak at a farmers' protest outside Downing Street, with organizers citing concerns over his potential politicization of the event. |
| November 5 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
Russian-originated non-credible bomb threats disrupted voting in two Fulton County, Georgia polling places. The threats targeted Democratic-leaning areas in swing states, with 67 bomb threats reported across 19 counties.
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| November 5 2024 | On 5 November 2024, Farage attended Trump's exclusive Mar-a-Lago watch party during the lead-up to the United States presidential election. |
| November 4 2024 | On 4 November 2024, Farage met with Republican Party nominee Donald Trump at a rally as part of his alignment with Trump during the lead-up to the United States presidential election. |
| November 1 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
U.S. intelligence confirmed Russia was behind fake viral videos and posts involving Haitian immigrants voting for Harris and a fabricated bribery claim.
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| October 2024 | Swedish reporters identified 233 individuals across Europe connected to the united front system, and the Jamestown Foundation uncovered 103 united front-linked groups in Sweden spanning culture, business, politics, and media. |
| October 2024 | Flynn spoke at the Rod of Iron Ministries Freedom Festival, making provocative statements about potential actions following the 2024 presidential election. |
| October 19 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
The State Department announced a $10 million reward for information on election interference and highlighted Russian media company Rybar LLC for attempting to sow discord in the United States.
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| October 1 2024 | Assange flew to Strasbourg, France, and addressed the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe, stating he had 'pleaded guilty to journalism' and chosen freedom over justice. |
| September 2024 | The Roger Stone Show became syndicated on radio. |
| September 2024 | Assange's brother Gabriel announced that supporters were campaigning for a pardon from US President Biden. |
| September 2024 |
G7 Rapid Response Mechanism
RRM Canada released a report examining content from Indian state-aligned media outlets and influencers, analyzing their narratives about Prime Minister Trudeau, Canada's High Commissioner to India, national security agencies, Punjabi Sikh diaspora, and Hardeep Singh Nijjar's political beliefs.
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| September 2024 | Launched CrowdStrike Financial Services, offering payment solutions and financing to improve access to the Falcon platform. |
| September 2024 | Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly criticized Stein's campaign strategy, arguing that she only appears during election cycles without sustained political engagement. |
| September 2024 | In September 2024, Nigel Farage was in the process of purchasing a property in Clacton. |
| September 23 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
A US Intelligence official revealed Russia was creating the most AI content to influence the 2024 election, aiming to improve Donald Trump's chances.
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| September 17 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
Microsoft reported intensified Russian operations creating conspiracy theory videos targeting Kamala Harris, including fabricated videos of a rally attack and a hit-and-run accusation.
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| September 13 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
The United States, Canada, and Britain announced new sanctions against RT, accusing it of being a covert arm of Russian intelligence. Meta and YouTube banned RT channels in response.
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| September 4 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted members of Tenet Media for receiving $9.7 million as part of a covert Russian influence operation targeting American right-wing influencers to spread pro-Russian content and conspiracy theories.
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| August 2024 | Characterizes the Russian invasion of Ukraine as 'madness' and calls for it to be stopped, drawing strong criticism from the pro-Putin camp, including ultranationalist Alexander Dugin. |
| August 2024 |
Russian interference in the 2024 United States elections
The FBI raided the homes of Scott Ritter and Dimitri Simes due to their connections to Russian state media.
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| August 2024 | Paul Oakden was removed from his position, and Nigel Farage took over his shares in the Reform UK party, increasing his ownership of the company to 60%. |
| August 2024 | In August 2024, Farage disclosed his earnings of over a million pounds per year for work outside parliament as part of his obligation to the Register of Members' Financial Interests, an amount considered significantly higher than any other Member of Parliament. |
| August 2024 | It was revealed that Farage was earning over £1 million a year from his employment outside parliament, including nearly £1.2 million from his work presenting on the GB News television channel. |
| August 6 2024 | CrowdStrike published a Root Cause Analysis explaining the causes of the Channel File 291 Incident and outlined mitigation steps, including new content configuration test procedures, additional deployment layers, third-party code reviews, and staggered update rollout options. |
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