""" Documents stolen from a ...
""" Documents stolen from a prominent journalist and critic of the Russian government were manipulated and then released as a “leak” to discredit domestic and foreign critics of the government. We call this technique “tainted leaks.” """
A government which needs to do this is actually very weak.
https://citizenlab.org/2017/05/tainted-leaks-disinformation-phish/
Tainted Leaks: Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian Nexus - The Citizen Lab
Documents stolen from a prominent journalist and critic of the Russian government were manipulated and then released as a “leak” to discredit domestic and foreign critics of the government. We call this technique “tainted leaks.”