T0044 "Seed distortions"

Tactic stage: TA08

Summary: Try a wide variety of messages in the early hours surrounding an incident or event, to give a misleading account or impression.

Relationships

Has counters:

Detection methods include:

Datasets

Examples include:

E000024 Canadians arrested for spying: (2019) China formally arrests Canadians Spavor and Kovrig, accuses them of spying (in retaliation to detention of Hauwei CFO).
E000025 Rumour about syrian rebels gassing their own people: (2018) The Russian ministry of defence put out a press release, claiming that they had intelligence Syrian rebel forces were about to gas their own people in Idlib province as part of a “false flag” operation to frame the Syrian government.

Seen in incidents:

I00015 as Circulate to media via DM, then release publicly: