Technique T0039: Bait Influencer

February 8, 2025 · View on GitHub

Summary: Influencers are people on social media platforms who have large audiences.

Threat Actors can try to trick Influencers such as celebrities, journalists, or local leaders who aren’t associated with their campaign into amplifying campaign content. This gives them access to the Influencer’s audience without having to go through the effort of building it themselves, and it helps legitimise their message by associating it with the Influencer, benefitting from their audience’s trust in them.

Tactic: TA17 Maximise Exposure

Associated TechniqueDescription
IncidentDescriptions given for this incident
CountersResponse types
C00087 Make more noise than the disinformationD04
C00114 Don't engage with payloadsD02
C00154 Ask media not to report false informationD02
C00160 find and train influencersD02

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