Disinformation Campaigns and Resilience in Hybrid Threats Conceptual Model

Abstract

How to distinguish truth from lies in the environment in which we are exposed to vast amounts of information from different sources and through different platforms - is a burning challenge today. Although lies and manipulations in public information space are not a novelty, the quantity and speed of spreading misinformation, especially through social networks and mobile communication applications present an unprecedented challenge. The level of pollution of the information environment and the complexity of the actors, the technique and the motivation behind its contributors have never been so present, within hybrid threats today. Novelty is, therefore, the speed of spreading misinformation through network channels, platforms and applications. In this paper, a new non-hierarchical conceptual model of hybrid threats aiming to improve awareness and systems' resilience is developed, which includes disinformation campaigns and provides an industrial example of a system for combating fake news.