Master of Puppets: Uncovering the DoppelGänger pro-Russian influence campaign

Executive summary: The report documents the ongoing DoppelGänger influence campaign (since May 2022) attributed to Russian entities Structura and the Social Design Agency (SDA). It describes a large-scale, multi-platform disinformation operation that uses a network of typosquatted and independent news sites, coordinated inauthentic social accounts, multi-stage redirection (three-stage chain) with JS-based redirects and Keitaro tracking, and centralized infrastructure (Traefik control panel) to tailor and amplify narratives across Western countries and Russian-speaking audiences; the campaign remains active as of April 2024 and includes numerous IOCs and measurable reach via ads and social amplification.