Operation Doppelgänger: Inside the Russian Influence Network Targeting the US Midterms, Israel’s Election, and France’s 2027 Race

Alethea has identified a new wave of Operation Doppelgänger — the Russian state-backed influence operation run by the Social Design Agency (SDA) and Structura — running simultaneously against three elections: the US midterms on November 3, Israel’s election on October 27, and France’s 2027 presidential race. Between October 7 and 9, more than 50 fake accounts posted in synchronized waves, amplified by over 1,000 bot accounts into an estimated 150,000+ quote-posts on X. Links routed readers to cloned versions of Israel’s Walla!