This presentation, prepared by GCHQ’s Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) for the 2010 SIGDEV conference describes the agency’s “effects” operations – including the use of social media for propaganda purposes: see the Intercept article: The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket, 4 April 2014.

This training presentation from GCHQ’s Human Science Operations Cell (HSOC) and Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) describes the elements of “online covert action”: see the Intercept article How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations, 25 February 2014.

This short extract from a August 2009 GCHQ document describes the planning phase for Operation Quito, a “long-running, large scale, pioneering effects operation”: see the Intercept article Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands, 2 April 2015.

These extracts from a GCHQ paper dated 10 March 2011 provide an indication of the agency’s ongoing effects (misinformation) and “online HUMINT” operations: see the Intercept article Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands, 2 April 2015.s

This CSE presentation from 2011 describes some of the cyber warfare tools at the agency’s disposal: see the article Communication Security Establishment’s cyberwarfare toolbox revealed, 23 March 2015.

This undated GCHQ presentation outlines some of the tactics employed in the agency’s Effects operations: see the Intercept article How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations, 25 February 2014.

This 42-page report from 10 March 2011 provides an overview of GCHQ’s information operations unit and the behavioural science theories that underpin its activities: see the Intercept article Controversial GCHQ Unit is Deeply Engaged in Law Enforcement, 22 June 2015.

This GCHQ slide from a November 2011 workshop presentation gives a Falklands-themed Latin American scenario for attendees to discuss: see the Intercept article Britain Used Spy Team to Shape Latin American Public Opinion on Falklands, 2 April 2015.

This GCHQ presentation from 2012 outlines the agency’s ability to monitor internet use major social media networks in real time, using tools called Squeaky Dolphin, Fire Ant and Anticrisis Girl: see the NBC News article Snowden docs reveal British spies snooped on YouTube and Facebook, 27 January 2014.

Extracts from an NSA document dated 3 October 2012 show that the agency proposed using records of online activity to discredit six individuals. Also included is the document’s distribution list and the targeting rationale for the six individuals involved (all identifying information has been redacted): see the Huffington Post article Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied […]

This page from GCHQ’s internal GCWiki describes tools developed by the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group and their status. The page was last edited in July 2012 and was accessed nearly 20,000 times: see the Intercept article Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet, 14 July 2014. jtrigall

This GCHQ presentation, given to the 2012 SigDev Conference by a representatives of the Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group (JTRIG) and Cyber Defence Operations (CDO) describes how JTRIG attempts to “deny, disrupt, degrade and deceive” its targets. Speaker notes are included: see the NBC News article Snowden Docs: British Spies Used Sex and ‘Dirty […]