JTRIG Tools and Techniques 2014.07.14

JTRIG Tools and Techniques 2014.07.14

Description

A document from an internal GCHQ wiki lists tools and techniques developed by the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) and available to British intelligence officials.

The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the results of online polls, artificially inflate pageview counts on web sites, “amplif[y]” sanctioned messages on YouTube, and censor video content judged to be “extremist.” The capabilities, detailed in documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, even include an old standby for pre-adolescent prank callers everywhere: A way to connect two unsuspecting phone users together in a call.

The tools were created by GCHQ’s Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG), and constitute some of the most startling methods of propaganda and internet deception contained within the Snowden archive. Previously disclosed documents have detailed JTRIG’s use of “fake victim blog posts,” “false flag operations,” “honey traps” and psychological manipulation to target online activists, monitor visitors to WikiLeaks, and spy on YouTube and Facebook users.

files:

JTRIG Tools and Techniques.pdf
JTRIG Tools and Techniques OCR.pdf

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations - The Intercept.pdf

Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet - The Intercept.pdf