Webinar: Case Study – Decoding Russian intelligence: What medals and insignia reveal

In a webinar hosted by EU DisinfoLab, Hervé Letoqueux, Check First’s CEO, will present the results of two recent investigations: ‘Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities’ and ‘Unveiling GRU’s Information Operations Troops’. Both of these studies feature research into Russian cyber units by combining phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and […]

Webinar: Case Study – Decoding Russian intelligence: What medals and insignia reveal

In a webinar hosted by EU DisinfoLab, Hervé Letoqueux, Check First’s CEO, will present the results of two recent investigations: ‘Unveiling FSB’s 16th Center SIGINT Capabilities’ and ‘Unveiling GRU’s Information Operations Troops’. Both of these studies feature research into Russian cyber units by combining phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and OSINT.

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