Social network analysis firm Graphika revealed more information about the logistics of the operation in a follow-up report sent to Newsweek.
The province of some 38.5 million people is located across a contested strait from self-ruling Taiwan, a flashpoint in the geopolitical feud between China and the United States.
The operation gets its name due to the particular focus these actors have had on security in the disputed South China Sea.
This takedown appeared to be focused on the maritime geopolitics of the region, including Taiwan and across the greater South China Sea, where the U.S.
The allegedly fabricated pages were largely supportive of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has expressed sympathies toward both U.S.
Both the official and the report later released by Graphika emphasized that most of the targeted accounts focusing on U.S.
While the actual impact of the sham accounts was deemed to be minimal to the U.S., the prospect of a foreign attempt to influence the U.S.
Stover explained to Newsweek that the brigade is actively engaged in operations against foreign adversaries online on behalf of the U.S.
National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director William Evanina, who recently told Newsweek that Chinese intellectual property theft costs the U.S.
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