Alexandra Gofman

Alexandra Gofman is a Threat Intelligence Tech Lead at Check Point Research with a decade of experience in enterprise cybersecurity. Her career spans technical and customer-facing roles, involving expertise across different layers of cyber protection solutions. Since joining the Threat Intelligence team at Check Point Research in 2019, Alexandra has focused on researching large-scale and high-profile campaigns and malware.

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Talk: Lying Pigeon: Disinformation Campaigns in Europe

Beginning in early August 2024, Check Point Research observed a cyber-enabled disinformation campaign primarily targeting Moldova’s government and education sectors. Acting ahead of Moldova’s elections on October 20th, attackers behind this campaign likely seek to foster negative perceptions of European values and the EU membership process in addition to Moldova’s current pro-European leadership, with the intent of influencing the outcome of the upcoming fall elections and national referendum. The same threat actor, dubbed Lying Pigeon, has been observed conducting operations across Europe since at least 2023, targeting major geopolitical events such as the NATO 2023 summit in Vilnius and the 2023 general elections in Spain.

In this talk, we analyze the techniques used by the Lying Pigeon in their disinformation campaign in Moldova, and provide an overview of their different activity clusters and TTPs in other parts of Europe in the last few years.