Lying Pigeon is a Russian-speaking influence operation actor focused on Moldova’s political environment. The group is known for information operations designed to shape public opinion during election periods, including campaigns tied to Moldova’s 2024 presidential election, EU referendum, and the 2025 parliamentary election cycle. Its operations have used spoofed emails, forged documents, and coordinated defamation themes to amplify anti-European narratives and undermine pro-European political leadership, including the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity and President Maia Sandu. Lying Pigeon has been associated with Operation MiddleFloor and subsequent waves of election-focused activity. The actor’s tradecraft, as reflected in available reporting, is centered on spoofing and influence-oriented deception rather than conventional network intrusion or ransomware activity.
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Influence/disinformation operations targeting Moldovan elections using spoofed emails, forged documents, and coordinated domain infrastructure to spread anti-EU narratives and defamation content.
Russian-speaking influence/disinformation operator targeting Moldovan elections and other European political events using spoofed emails, forged documents, and coordinated domain infrastructure for propaganda/defamation.
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