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Brian Liston

@brianjliston.bsky.social
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Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future Analyzing Russia IO, Ukraine, election security Cited in NYT, FT, Politico, Axios, NBC, France 24 GSPIA class of 2017

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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
First blog out today via Recorded Future: Reviewing CopyCop’s recent targeting of Western AI investments in Armenia and potential areas where the influence operation may target next. Read: www.recordedfuture.com/blog/copycop...
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CopyCop Targets AI Investment in Armenia
The Russian influence network CopyCop is targeting Western-backed AI and infrastructure projects in Armenia, including the Firebird AI data center, to undermine the country’s westward geopolitical rea...
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
No way.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Potentially the worst outcome from tonight’s POTUS speech is those who watched it - and believed it - might be discouraged from voting under an illusion that our election system is broken.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So much to unpack here.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Election docs here: www.whitehouse.gov/election-int...
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I cannot keep track with anything being said in this speech.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Journo/media: please use multi-factor authentication on your bluesky accounts. Matryoshka is using hijacked accounts to spread fakes.
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David Colon @davidcolon.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026
ALERT. The operators of #Matryoshka are hacking into the Bluesky accounts of journalists and academics to spread their fake content. To avoid this, activate two-factor authentication.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Paid to post false information. 💀
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Full blog is available here: www.recordedfuture.com/blog/ongoing...
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Ongoing Iran Conflict: What You Need to Know
Insikt Group tracks the cyber, physical, and geopolitical components of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran — with continuously updated threat analysis and scenarios.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
As of March 4, we have seen Matryoshka content picked up in other elements of Russia’s influence ecosystem, including Portal Kombat and outlets associated with Rossiya Segodnya (Russian state media) and InfoRos (GRU).
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The RU IO “Matryoshka” (Overload, Storm-1679) continues to be noisy as it has been for the past 2.5+ years. We have seen the operation attempt to exacerbate security concerns by posing as legitimate media, government, and research organizations.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Known Iranian influence operations on our radar include Storm-2035, Handala Hack Team, and an influence operation network we refer to as ION-79.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Iran’s three phases to influence operations, active, initiating, and yet to come:
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Our team at Recorded Future is tracking Iranian and Russian influence activity with regard to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Brief 🧵:
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Logging off for the holidays to recharge my batteries. Much to come in 2026. 👀 See you all then.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New report published today from our team at Recorded Future: “Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections” www.recordedfuture.com/research/rus...
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Russian Influence Assets Converge on Moldovan Elections
Ahead of Moldova’s 2025 elections, Russia-linked influence operations seek to undermine EU integration, discredit President Sandu, and destabilize democratic processes through coordinated disinformati...
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Namely the vision of boots on the ground with GWOT fresh in our minds. I don’t see that even as a remote possibility. Way too much social media talk thinking we’re heading down that path.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Personally, I feel like talk of war is a bit overblown.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Ha! I was archiving these on the side and finally had enough on the 16th to come to the same result. Had I seen your post, I could’ve just called it quits.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Read it here: www.recordedfuture.com/research/thr...
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Threats to the 2025 NATO Summit: Cyber, Influence, and Hybrid Risks
Explore how state-sponsored actors, cybercriminals, and hacktivists are targeting the 2025 NATO Summit. Insight from Recorded Future’s Insikt Group reveals escalating cyber, AI, and hybrid threats fro...
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨📝 - A new report out this morning from Insikt Group: Threats to the 2025 NATO Summit. In our report, we cover: 🌍strategic threat environment ⚡️hybrid warfare 💡influence operations from 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🕵️ cyber-espionage activity 👀 cybercrime and hacktivism 🏢 physical security threats
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The amount of “history being made” we’ve seen over the last 10 years (let alone 25-30) is enough for multiple lifetimes.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
rn
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
They hate Sandu above all. Macron #2
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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
“Kyiv would have fallen in five hours if Putin’s tanks hadn’t gotten stuck in the mud,” Trump claimed. Strange how that mud also burned down tanks, blew up fuel trucks, and stopped entire columns with Javelins and Molotovs. Why not give credit to the Ukrainians who stood and fought back?
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Interesting how the pro-Russia, World War III doomers are awfully silent at two nuclear powers currently battling it out…
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I’ve yet to see any evidence suggesting this post, delivered to 6.3 million followers, is true. Instead, just a deluge of misleading posts, misattributed photos, and other fake news saturating the info space. In my opinion, it’s worse than Russia-Ukraine.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
As with any conflict in the era of social media (or really anytime in human history) fog of war is a very real thing. Consider your sources, verify.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
YNWA
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
T’was great to unplug for a week.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 08/04/2025
🔴 Ukraine has charged Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva in absentia for pushing Kremlin war narratives and calling for strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.
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Ukrainian Authorities Charge Russian Propagandist Olga Skabeeva for Promoting Moscow’s Invasion
The SBU has charged Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva with supporting the Kremlin's war efforts against Ukraine, citing her calls for territorial capture.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If they’re so ineffective, are you asking for sanctions relief as a ceasefire condition?
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
RT doing RT things
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This is exactly the sort of thing that spins up big time Congressional investigations.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
BREAKING Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared. Full Story: bit.ly/4c4hqW2
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@Pete Hegseth if you think we should do it let's go.
I just hate bailing Europe out again.
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Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it.
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VP: I fully share your loathing of
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VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.
But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space.
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As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what?
If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The good thing: this fake Charlie Hebdo cover got community noted. The bad thing: the community note source is part of the Portal Kombat “Pravda” ecosystem…
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Stage a ceasefire violation, pin it on Ukrainian troops, and hope the narrative sticks… all in the hope that the US would view Ukraine in acting in bad faith and perhaps permanently cut off support.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In the event of an “agreed” ceasefire - and given the long track record - I’d be particularly wary of Russian false flag events.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
After twelve weeks of treatment, and then another twelve weeks of observation, Apollo is now cured of FIP. Thank you modern medicine. 🙏
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
CCD issued a statement earlier today on the below fake graffiti (Overload/Matryoshka) first appearing on Telegram, then making the jump over here and on X.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is so sad.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Putin again showing his desire for peace.
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In case it wasn’t clear how closely the Kremlin is watching all of this unfold…
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Russian Telegram is having a field day.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Kremlin is celebrating.
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Brian Liston @brianjliston.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“You gotta be more thankful”
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