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Information warfare tools and techniques in the context of information operations conducted by the Russian Federation during the 2022 war in Ukraine

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Krawczyk P., Wiśnicki J.

Cybersecurity and Law

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2022

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vol. 8

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issue 2

278-286

EN

This article seeks to identify social influence tools and techniques in the context of information operations conducted by the Russian Federation during the 2022 war in Ukraine. An attempt to analyse the creation and spread of information threats as a result of the actions taken by Russia in the ongoing conflict is dictated by the increasing impact of communication processes on global security. This article presents the role and impact of mass media on public awareness, revealing the mechanisms of forming public opinion.

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Russian information offensive in the international relations

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Szpyra R.

Security and Defence Quarterly

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2020

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vol. 30

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issue 3

31-48

EN

The information war is beginning to play a dominant role in international relations. It is important because it occurs intensively in peacetime and determines the results of international clashes. This article aims to identify oﬀensive elements in Russian theoretical and doctrinal views on the role and content of the information oﬀensive in international relations. To meet this aim, a comparative analysis of research studies, documents and offcial statements was carried out. The study sets out to investigate how Russia assesses the usefulness of the information oﬀensive for conducting international policy. The study revealed that the information war and information warfare in modern conditions in the Russian scientifc debate occupy a prominent place. Regardless of the declared defensive nature of the Russian information oﬀensive, both the scientifc and doctrinal views emphasise the value of the information oﬀensive for conducting international policy. Russia takes the information oﬀensive in international relations very seriously and treats it as one of the main forms of international confrontation. This has serious consequences for countries close to Russia as it creates a new threat to their national security in peacetime.

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Russia’s social-impact operations in the context of cognitive warfare in Ukraine in 2022

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Krawczyk P., Wiśnicki J.

Cybersecurity and Law

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2023

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vol. 9

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issue 1

194-203

EN

In this article, we attempt to identify Russia’s social-impact operations in the context of information operations conducted by the Russian Federation during 2022 in the war against Ukraine. The need to undertake the analysis of the creation and proliferation of information threats, as a result of Russia’s actions in the ongoing conflict, is dictated by the growing impact of communication processes on global security. This article discusses the impact and role of mass media on the shaping of people’s minds, by exposing the mechanisms behind the formation of public opinion.

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Agentura wpływu uczestnikiem walki informacyjnej

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Żebrowski A.

Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem

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2018

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vol. 40

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issue 1

61-72

EN

The secret service and manipulation are connected. This is relevant to state security and defense. The intelligence and counterintelligence services play a pioneering role in these sectors of functioning. Each of them affects the opponent in terms of their activities. This influence requires knowledge, skills and the participation of agentry – which performs many complex tasks to distort the enemy’s information – in addition to other staff resources. Especially important is the impact agentry because of its capabilities. It is in an operational interest environment and is a participant in the decision-making process related to the state security.

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Disinformation as one of the key contemporary security issues. Review of the book by Robert Kupiecki, Filip Bryjka, Tomasz Chłoń, “International disinformation. Concept, recognition, counteraction”, (“Dezinformacja międzynarodowa. Pojęcie, rozpoznanie, przeciwdziałanie), Scholar Scientific Publishing House (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar): Warszawa 2022, pp. 313

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Sikorski J.

Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa

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2023

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vol. 15(15)

333-341

EN

The article discusses the monograph entitled “International Disinformation. Concept, recognition, counteraction”. It was pointed out that it is an excellent compendium of knowledge on this subject and can also be successfully used as an academic textbook.

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Lawfare – Hostile Actions Against the Legal System of the State Through Activities in Cyberspace

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Milik P.

Cybersecurity and Law

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2024

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vol. 11

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issue 1

105-119

EN

The article analyses important and current issues concerning the use of modern information technologies in hostile actions against the state in the international environment. First, the concept of lawfare was defined as a method of conducting information warfare. Then, the focus was on the potential manifestations of lawfare in cyberspace, indicating possible gaps in the state’s information security system and sensitive areas susceptible to methods of hostile shaping of the state’s legal system.

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The Sources of Russia’s Soft Power in Relation to Belarus

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Ławniczak R. F.

Nowa Polityka Wschodnia

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2024

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issue 1(40)

21-31

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This paper aims to evaluate the sources of Russia’s soft power as a tool which should enable it to integrate Belarus more closely with Russia. The research question is as follows: what are Russia’s main sources of attractiveness, and what kind of instruments of soft power is the Russian government applying to achieve that aim? To what extent was this soft policy successful? The author applied a qualitative research method. It is inductive and allows the researcher to explore meanings and insights into Russia’s notion of “soft power” in its foreign policy toward Belarus. The basis of it lies in the interpretive approach to the present reality of Russia – Belarus political and economic relations and in the evaluation of Russian efforts to integrate its closest neighbour by using only non-military means.

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International Scientific Conference “Communication. Disinformation. Propaganda. Information Warfare Ecosystem”. Report

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Sikorski J.

Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa

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2024

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vol. 16(16)

343-349

EN

In May 2023, on the initiatives of the Faculty of Administration and National Security of the Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski and with the participation of several involved foreign and domestic entities, the International Scientific Conference "Communication. Disinformation. Propaganda. “Information Warfare Ecosystem.” During the two days of the conference, sixty-two speakers presented their research results, including eighteen from abroad (29%). They represented thirty-eight institutions, including 14 foreign ones (37%). In total, fifty-six speeches were delivered, thirty-three of them in Polish and twenty-three in English (41%). Scientists actively participating in the conference came from nine countries, in particular from Estonia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Italy. 115 listeners listened to the conference.

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The Concept of Information Metabolism by Antoni Kępiński and the Mechanism of Information Manipulation. Conditions for Effectiveness and Ways of Counteraction

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Aleksandrowicz T.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2020

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vol. 33(33)

150-165

EN

In the modern security environment, information warfare is an increasingly important threat. The purpose of this article is to determine the conditions for the effective achievement of political objectives through the manipulation of information and disinformation. The conducted research used system analysis, also using case studies, generalizations and synthesis. This allowed to state that the key condition for the effectiveness of conducted information attacks is the mechanism described in the works of Antoni Kępiński as information metabolism. This makes it possible to formulate a postulate on the need to counteract such attacks based on building defensive and offensive capabilities of the state in the sphere of information warfare.

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Russia’s hybrid invasion in Belarus during the presidential election campaign 2020

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Ilyina A.

Eastern Review

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2020

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vol. 9

121-129

EN

There are various instruments for Russia to have influence on its neighbours, such as using opinion leaders (authorities), intellectuals, and journalists to create a favourable informational context or to place the ordered materials in the media so as to have an impact on public opinion. These are the types of information attacks that can lead to the loss of statehood or the substantial limitation of sovereignty. This hybrid aggression strives to precisely this result. The main questions are: how the Russian information space, mud-slinging and troll farms functioned in Belarus during the presidential election? How the fake news which is produced in Russia impacts societies? Which political scenarios appeared in Belarus following Russia’s informational influence? It is a fact that today the Russian authorities use tools of fake news and propaganda; combined with the extra possibilities of social media. The appearance of fake news is connected with national safety because they jeopardize democratic institutions, lead to the radicalization of society, and change the balance of authority. In the research, the methodologies were used from the sociology of communication, political science and content analysis.

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Strategies, pillars, operations of influence – the specifics of Russian propaganda and disinformation

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Orzechowski M.

Reality of Politics

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2023

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issue 25

133-144

EN

This paper aim to explore that Russian propaganda has a long historical tradition and a rich instrumentarium. The development of the internet and social media has increased the possibilities for distributing propaganda messages. The principal objective of Russian propaganda is to influence the public opinion in cooperation with persons acting as translators, and to distribute contents – in various national languages – in conformity with the Russian policy and ideology. A tangible objective is to change the opinion about the Russian Federation and its policy so that one negative opinion is matched with at least three positive ones.

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Hate speech as a flywheel Russian information warfare. Research reconnaissance

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Sikorski J.

Studia Administracji i Bezpieczeństwa

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2024

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vol. 17(17)

205-222

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It is hypothesized that hatred evolutionarily favored survival and defense against strangers, hence its expression is deeply rooted in human nature. This is reflected in contemporary technologically advanced communication, which is saturated with hateful content. Such content intensifies audience engagement and leads to the radicalization of attitudes. The content created in this manner also serves as a tool for information warfare and poses a threat to security on many levels. At the forefront of entities utilizing hate speech in their narratives is the Russian Federation. It uses hate speech in propaganda messages to destabilize states perceived as hostile and to achieve its own geopolitical objectives. In this article, the author analyzes the role of hate speech in Russian information warfare activities. The author posits that hate speech dynamizes these campaigns, demonstrating this through three case studies: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the "Black Lives Matter" movement, and the war in Ukraine.

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Ataki hybrydowe wobec Polski: analiza narzędzi i strategii Rosji

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Żywczyk A.

Krakowskie Studia Małopolskie

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2025

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vol. 2(46)

62-73

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This article addresses the issue of contemporary hybrid attacks targeting Poland, a frontline state on NATO’s eastern flank. It analyzes the scope, nature, and mechanisms of these operations, which involve the coordinated use of both conventional and non-conventional instruments such as disinformation, cyberattacks, infrastructure sabotage, migration instrumentalization, and psychological warfare. Special attention is given to the Russian Federation, which systematically employs hybrid strategies as a tool of influence below the threshold of declared warfare. The paper explores the evolution of the concept of hybrid warfare, examining academic interpretations as well as definitions provided by the European Union and NATO. It argues that the primary objective of hybrid attacks is to destabilize state structures, erode institutional resilience, and incite social tension. The analysis highlights the urgent need to develop comprehensive defensive capabilities-military, cognitive, digital, and informational-that are essential for effectively countering hybrid aggression in today’s security environment.

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Russian Mass-Media Manipulation of Information in Hybrid Warfare Against Ukraine

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Wasiuta O., Wasiuta S.

Security Dimensions: International & National Studies

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2016

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vol. 17(17)

73-98

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The article concerns the mass-media manipulation of information in Russia about RussianUkrainian conflict with the help of the media controlled by government. The authors point out that the Kremlin has always manipulated the content of information and with the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity manipulation and disinformation has gained unimaginable momentum, treating Maidan as a negative event, as a coup. At the moment of aggression, in the network hundreds of websites and social network groups appeared, which „objectively” are informing about the events. The message of this campaign is to justify the uprising against the new, legitimate government in Kiev. The propaganda potential is directed at presentation of the Russian version of events, and the overall aim is to diversify the public opinion. An important point of this strategy is to create an image of Russia as a victim of cynical game of Western establishment, accused on this occasion for a complete distortion of Putin’s image as well as the causes of Ukrainian conflict and its course.

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THE RUSSIAN MASS-MEDIA MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION IN A HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

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Wasiuta O., Wasiuta S.

Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje

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2015

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vol. 20(20)

332-357

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The article is devoted to the mass-media manipulation of information in Russia, in Russian-Ukrainian conflict with the help of the media controlled by government. The authors point out that the Kremlin has always manipulated the content of information, and with the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity manipulation and disinformation has gained unimaginable momentum, treating Maidan as a negative event, as a coup. At the moment of aggression in the network appeared hundreds of websites and social network groups, which “objectively” are informing about the events. The message of this campaign has become uprising against the new, legitimate government in Kiev.

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A monster or a hero? How the RT.com framed Donald Trump’s agenda during the U.S. presidential campaign 2015-2016

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Lakomy M., Lakomy M.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2020

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issue 3 (376)

125-141

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This article attempts to understand how the Russia-funded RT television website (RT.com) framed the candidacy of Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential campaign in 2015 and 2016. It aims to find out whether it was really involved in creating an artificial pro-Trump image and supported his cause against Hillary Clinton, as some reports suggest. Its secondary objective is to understand what kind of agenda (including the topics and issues discussed) was adopted by this webpage when referring to this Republican candidate. In order to reach these goals, the study was founded on the concept of agenda-setting and exploited content analysis of the textual layer of RT.com. This manuscript argues that while the attitude of this website evolved in time, it cannot be confirmed that it was overly biased in favour of Donald Trump. At the same time, however, RT.com was heavily interested in defending his argumentation on the inexistence of the Trump- Putin “bromance” and the lack of the “Russian factor” in the American elections. Moreover, it featured multiple pieces of news which provided a negative image of the U.S. democratic processes through the association of the 2016 presidential campaign with scandals, violence, extremism and crimes.

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Wizualizacja jako narzędzie manipulacji współczesnej wojny informacyjno-hybrydowej. Historia jednej fotografii — „Rozejm w Szyrokinem”

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Jermakowa I.

Oblicza Komunikacji

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2016

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vol. 9

167-174

EN

Documentary nature of photography convinces the viewer that the image is exactly the same as reality. A photo causes trust and this property of photos is repeatedly used in manipulating public opinion. In the report perception means of the image are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the fact how photojournalism becomes the powerful tool in terms of information war against a backdrop of military conflicts. Especially in today’s conditions, when, according to Oksana Zabuzhko: “Era of »bombed cities« passed — the era of »bombed brains« began…”. History of photodocumentary and history in general can argue that wars and disasters always attracted the attention of the news. A photo neutralized the distance between the viewer and the event. But at the same time, in terms of Russian aggression against Ukraine, it became a popular and effective weapon in the “information” or “psychological war”. The meaning and the true scale of this war are often underestimated. It is perceived like a sort of supplement to “main”, “hot” armed phase of the war. But in reality the meaning is reversed: the information war is total. Moreover, the visual aspect of it is paid the main attention. Photos and their variations are successfully used as a technology of hybrid war. The consequences of this are so powerfully felt by Ukrainian media space. To the most used means we include misrepresentations, information provokes, fakes, manipulations, photo collages, false testimonies of witness, fake experts and witnesses and others. These technologies are analyzed in the report as manipulative tools of modern information and hybrid war.

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Disinformation in Polish Society in 2021 – Trends, Topics, Channels of Transmission

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Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz K., Soler U., Makuch A.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2023

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issue 1(52)

93-107

EN

A questionnaire-based study conducted in October 2021 provided analytical material on the degree and sources of disinformation in Polish society. The material has representative qualities and is the first comprehensive research project in Poland to cover issues regarding information security in such breadth and detail. The paper aims to analyse and present a study on disinformation in Polish society conducted on a representative group of Poles in 2021. The project's key research questions are: How receptive is the Polish public to disinformation content? What are the channels of information provided to Poles? Is the notion of disinformation familiar to the Polish audience, and do the recipients of media content search for methods to verify disinformation? The analysis and interpretation of the results identified some important features of the Polish disinformation map. The concept of disinformation is now commonly familiar to the Polish public (86%), and the sensitivity to content credibility can be regarded as high; the respondents were found to verify information, actively searching through various sources. Disinformation is rife in climate, energy (52%), and health (44%).

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Służby specjalne w walce z terroryzmem

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Wyrębek H.

SECRETUM. Służby specjalne, bezpieczeństwo, informacja

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2015

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issue 2(3)

52 - 60

PL

Współcześnie najpoważniejsze zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa poszczególnych państw, w tym dla Polski, stwarza zorganizowany terroryzm międzynarodowy. Ewolucja zjawiska terroryzmu wskazuje, że ugrupowania terrorystyczne przyjęły nowe, dotychczas niespotykane metody działania. Coraz większe zaangażowanie Polski w globalne zwalczanie terroryzmu powoduje zintensyfikowanie działań terrorystycznych na jej terytorium. Sprostanie tym wyzwaniom będzie wymagać aktywnego uczestnictwa służb specjalnych.

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Nowadays, the most serious threat to the security of individual states, including Poland, is organized international terrorism. The evolution of the phenomenon of terrorism shows that terrorist groups have adopted new, hitherto unheard of methods of operation. The increasing involvement of Poland in the global fight against terrorism will intensify terrorist activities on its territory. Meeting these challenges will require the active participation of secret services.

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Central and Eastern European Countries under Cyberthreats

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Świątkowska J.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2017

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vol. 1 (46)

30–39

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The paper aims to analyse how information warfare can be conducted in cyberspace and to look at this issue from the perspective of Central and Eastern European Countries. It argues that this form of hostile actions will be increasingly utilized in the region. The main assumption, following Alvin Toffler’s theory, is that “information” – as an increasingly important element of modern societies and as their strategic resource – also serves as a significant tool of modern conflicts. Since information is nowadays strongly related to new technologies, mainly the aspects connected to cybersecurity are analysed. The article looks closer at different aspects of cyberthreats and explains their possible consequences. It may serve as good material for further research and recommendations on countermeasures that may increase security in Europe.

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Information warfare tools and techniques in the context of information operations conducted by the Russian Federation during the 2022 war in Ukraine

Russian information offensive in the international relations

Russia’s social-impact operations in the context of cognitive warfare in Ukraine in 2022

Agentura wpływu uczestnikiem walki informacyjnej

Lawfare – Hostile Actions Against the Legal System of the State Through Activities in Cyberspace

The Sources of Russia’s Soft Power in Relation to Belarus

International Scientific Conference “Communication. Disinformation. Propaganda. Information Warfare Ecosystem”. Report

The Concept of Information Metabolism by Antoni Kępiński and the Mechanism of Information Manipulation. Conditions for Effectiveness and Ways of Counteraction

Russia’s hybrid invasion in Belarus during the presidential election campaign 2020

Strategies, pillars, operations of influence – the specifics of Russian propaganda and disinformation

Hate speech as a flywheel Russian information warfare. Research reconnaissance

Ataki hybrydowe wobec Polski: analiza narzędzi i strategii Rosji

Russian Mass-Media Manipulation of Information in Hybrid Warfare Against Ukraine

THE RUSSIAN MASS-MEDIA MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION IN A HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

A monster or a hero? How the RT.com framed Donald Trump’s agenda during the U.S. presidential campaign 2015-2016

Wizualizacja jako narzędzie manipulacji współczesnej wojny informacyjno-hybrydowej. Historia jednej fotografii — „Rozejm w Szyrokinem”

Disinformation in Polish Society in 2021 – Trends, Topics, Channels of Transmission

Służby specjalne w walce z terroryzmem

Central and Eastern European Countries under Cyberthreats