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Sam Riddell

@riddellsam.bsky.social

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Senior Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group. Focused on info ops & cyber threat intelligence.

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I will be at #Disinfo2026 this year. If you’re going and want to meet up and talk IO, please shoot me a message! Looking forward to a great agenda from @disinfo.eu

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Interesting that the PRC operators here seemed to be sharing infrastructure for two different types of ops: 1. Traditional IO and 2. Doxxing/repression. These little tidbits can be helpful for analyzing org structure, mission, and more

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

These are going to come for the left too. They financially motivated — Macedonian teenager type stuff for the AI era. Scammers profiting off of easily enraged people. MAGA may be more susceptible to ragebait but worth understanding what’s going to happen in 2026 and 2028.

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Papyrus lives to die another day…

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is a group people I’ve found to be deeply and passionately dedicated to free speech and democracy. The completely disingenuous labeling of this group as “censors” would be laughable if its motives weren’t so transparently disturbing: A monopoly on what constitutes “truth” by one man.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“Impact” of IO is notoriously hard to measure. The Breakout Scale, from @benimmo.bsky.social, continues to be one of the best tools for doing so. This one is a great example of a “Category 5” op, if the attribution to Overload/Matryoshka is indeed correct.

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Since leaving Twitter in 2022 for now-obvious reasons, I've hesitated to migrate elsewhere. It now seems that Bluesky is heir-apparent, so you'll find me here posting more actively again. I hope to add value where I can on a limited # of topics, and shut up on everything else. Here goes!

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Sam Riddell @riddellsam.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Objectivity is a muscle that must be trained and is rarely emotionally satisfying. Yet, doggedly resisting our own biases in pursuit of truth is one of the most important things that can be done as observers and analysts in times of war.

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