Our dataset on this pro-Kremlin Information Manipulation Set (IMS) has more than doubled: from over 7 million to more than 15 million articles, published across 88 websites in 47 languages. Here is wh...

CheckFirst connector imports FIMI and disinformation campaign articles into OpenCTI, mapping influence operation infrastructure, channels, and media content as STIX 2.1 objects.

Ahead of the 2027 French presidential election, CheckFirst joins for the second time the Cyber for Good programme for media outlets developed by Advens for People and Planet. This initiative is designed to bolster the defenses of journalists against cyberattacks and FIMI.

Our dataset on this pro-Kremlin Information Manipulation Set (IMS) has more than doubled: from over 7 million to more than 15 million articles, published across 88 websites in 47 languages. Here is what changed, what we share openly with the community, and what we make available to analysts who need to go further.

Our dataset on this pro-Kremlin Information Manipulation Set (IMS) has more than doubled: from over 7 million to more than 15 million articles, published across 88 websites in 47 languages. Here is what changed, what we share openly with the community, and what we make available to analysts who need to go further.

街頭の抗議や暴動が起きると、現場の映像はSNSを通じて一気に広がる。その中に、有名な報道機関のロゴを使った偽の動画や、別の時期に撮影された映像が混ざれば、事実を確かめる前に誤った説明が独り歩きする。調査機関CheckFirstとReset ...

CheckFirst took part in #Disinfo2026, speaking on FIMI infrastructure, covert influence campaigns and DSA vs climate disinformation. The conference opened under pressure: days earlier, three main sponsors had withdrawn their support after Washington reportedly objected to a panel examining the US as a FIMI threat.

CheckFirst took part in #Disinfo2026, speaking on FIMI infrastructure, covert influence campaigns and DSA vs climate disinformation. The conference opened under pressure: days earlier, three main sponsors had withdrawn their support after Washington reportedly objected to a panel examining the US as a FIMI threat.

2026年10月30日 暗号化メールのProton社内で進むAI導入の強行と恐怖の文化。 404 Mediaは現従業員8人と元従業員1人への取材、Slackの記録、会議の録音をもとに、スイスの暗号化メール企業ProtonのAI導入の内情を報じた。CEOのアンディ・イェン氏は8月末、新しいコードを公開前に数日かけてペンテスト（侵入試験）するよう求めた従業員に「負け犬の考え」と書き、2026年を最...

On 7-8 October, EU DisinfoLab, an independent European civil society organisation, convened the biggest European conference on disinformation in Vilnius, Li ...

“Please Check”. More than 800 organisations, among which many media outlets have been flooded with emails and social media mentions urging them to verify dubious claims undermining Ukraine, France and...

Our new investigation reveals how a sophisticated Russian information manipulation set (IMS), dubbed “Roska Bridge”, uses alternative and decentralised social media platforms as a weapon to flood West...

Meet CheckFirst’s Import Connector, which brings in real-time data directly from the Pravda network.

AdNow tracking code on Eastern European websites sent Romanian browser and click data to Russian-linked servers in Novosibirsk, according to a five-month investigation published in September 2026 by Snoop and CheckFirst. The same advertising network paid the publishers that supplied the readers’ attention, including conspiracy and far-right sites. The arrangement was straightforward: a reader opened a page, the page loaded an ad, and code inside that ad recorded details about the reader’s browser before sending them elsewhere.

2026年9月20日 イラン戦争の米兵死者、国防総省公表数を上回ると複数当局者が証言。 米政府当局者6人によると、対イラン戦争での米兵死者数は国防総省の公式データベース(国防総省死傷者分析システム、DCAS)の公表数を上回っている。うち5人は死者数を少なくとも22人とし、9月18日時点のDCAS掲載数18人より4人多いと証言した。 残る1人は2月28日の開戦以来23人が死亡したと述べたが、全員...

For five months, we tracked over 100,000 ads displayed across 131 websites in Eastern Europe. After decoding the hidden mechanisms behind these ads, we uncovered a network of Russian companies. This i...

For five months, we tracked over 100,000 ads displayed across 131 websites in Eastern Europe. After decoding the hidden mechanisms behind these ads, we uncovered a network of Russian companies. This i...