"When we released our initial report, we were unable to determine the extent to which Haixun was involved in, or even aware of this campaign, as our visibility was limited to the campaign's use of infrastructure linked to the company. In recent months, however, we have identified additional evidence suggesting Haixun is not only aware of the campaign but is actively supporting it through the solicitation of for-hire freelancers via Fiverr to promote campaign content," Mandiant said in its blog. The threat intelligence company was also able to identify new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) being employed by "HaiEnergy," which includes the use of newswire services to distribute pro-PRC content to subdomains of legitimate U.S.-based news outlets. They also saw the possibility of the campaign leveraging less conventional TTPs, such as a pro-PRC ad on a billboard in New York City's Times Square. The digital security firm also asserted that Haiixun may have funded two Washington, D.C., protests in 2022. It took advantage of the uprising and exploited them to advance narratives regarding divisive U.S. issues. "For example, it allegedly used a protest to advance criticism of a June 2022 U.S. government decision to prohibit the importation of all goods manufactured in Xinjiang, China, due to the Chinese government's forced labor of the Uyghur ethnic minority there." According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Xinjiang is where almost half of the world's solar panels are manufactured. Moreover, when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan, Times News Wire posted an article criticizing her visit as it triggered Chinese military exercises around the island nation. The Arizona Republic also posted the exact same one, Mandiant reported. The articles contain the same picture of Pelosi, the same headline, the same text. CommunistChina.news contains stories related to CCP's efforts to be the next global superpower.Our team @Mandiant just dropped a blog detailing additional insights into the pro-PRC IO campaign "HaiEnergy," and the role played by Chinese PR firm Shanghai Haixun Technology Co. Kudos to the Twitter-less Ryan Serabian for these discoveries. A short ? https://t.co/SeSpRclIy2
— David Mainor (@DavidMainor13) July 24, 2023
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