After a sleepy primary season, Russia enters 2024 U.S. election fray

Microsoft and U.S. agencies have observed a surge of Russian-led influence operations ahead of the 2024 U.S. election, using Telegram channels, proxy news outlets, and AI-assisted forgeries (including voice cloning) to push anti-Ukraine narratives and erode support for Ukrainian aid; two tracked activity sets (Storm 1516 and Storm 1099/Doppelganger) seed content that is amplified across social platforms and fake local outlets, and while hack-and-leak campaigns are not confirmed, the operations are considered a coordinated nation-state disinformation campaign with significant political impact.