A new Microsoft threat intelligence report details how Russia-linked actors are now going full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Vice President Kamala Harris.

A report released this week by Microsoft detailed several election interference efforts linked to Russia targeting the Harris presidential campaign.

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Wednesday that there are “real and serious” threats of foreign actors attempting to wield influence on the 2024 election as November quickly approaches.

SAN FRANCISCO - Russian propagandists are escalating attacks on the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris with false but widely circulated videos on social media, including one that featured an actor accusing Harris of a nonexistent hit-and-run that paralyzed a girl,

Russian disinformation merchants have something in common with Donald Trump: They, too, needed some time to process President Joe Biden withdrawing from the presidential campaign to make way for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

A report shared by Microsoft suggests that there has been a notable shift in Russian influence operations tactics reflecting the changing US political environment.

A false claim circulating on social media that Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralysed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation,