The newest and fastest growing group is the clandestine army that never leaves their keyboards. These are the cutting-edge cyber fighters and intelligence collectors who assume false personas online, employing “nonattribution” and “misattribution” techniques to hide the who and the where of their online presence while they search for high-value targets and collect what is called “publicly accessible information”—or even engage in campaigns to influence and manipulate social media.
Newsweek I don’t trust, but Bill Arkin I do trust.
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881