More on Russian techniques going after social media with LA based Your Digital Face…on WSJ (paywall)
Small excerpt WSJ
Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Business Owners
Operatives posed as digital marketing startup to take control of businesses’ social-media accounts
By Shelby Holliday and
Rob Barry
Dec. 20, 2018 3:52 p.m. ETThe Russian operation to influence Americans through social media included an effort to persuade business owners to buy into a marketing campaign and turn over private information, an examination by The Wall Street Journal found.
The effort was fronted by Russian operatives posing as a savvy Los Angeles based start up called Your Digital Face. The group recruited American business owners as customers, and for a monthly fee, promised to post snappy marketing content on the businesss owner’s social media pages and score them thousands.