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‘Crimes of Influence’ – crimes that seek to influence people towards harmful outcomes – will be one of the defining features of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-led cybercrime. With an ability to persuade and influence at potentially unavoidable economies of scale, crimes of influence...
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jun 18, 2024
Operations in the information environment (OIE) are experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to social media and the democratisation of information.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Dec 13, 2020
This paper was written for NATO’s Innovation Hub as part of their Warfighting in 2040 report. All rights are reserved by NATO Allied Command Transformation and this article is published here with their permission. To download a PDF, click here. Information operations (IO) has been experiencing something of a
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jul 01, 2020
This blog is intended as a brief primer on the complex concept of accelerationism – with a focus on terrorist organisations and their weaponisation of the concept as a pervasive, recurrent theme. From Muslims in Christchurch to Jews in Pittsburgh, Christians in Colombo and migrants in El Paso, recent attacks by
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Aug 30, 2019
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My latest article for Security Solutions Magazine explores the crime-terror terrain in Australia. Australian civil-military think tank Info Ops HQ recently published its inaugural report from its open-source investigation into Australian Foreign Fighters and Domestic Actors. What it found was local evidence supporting the global trend of criminal and antisocial
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jan 17, 2017
“ The Rabbit took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on. Alice started to her feet – she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Jan 10, 2017
This article first appeared – with permission – on the Firebrand Talent blog. Communicating solutions is a well known, tried and tested content marketing strategy. It works because people engage with content that provides them with information that is useful and solves a challenge they are experiencing. So why when a crisis
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Dec 07, 2016
I spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald about how Info Ops HQ's OSINT investigation found that Prakash was alive as early as July/August 2016- even after the US and Australian Governments declared him killed in an April airstrike.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Nov 30, 2016
This open-source intelligence investigation found that so-called Islamic State run a sophisticated peer-to-peer network, which is worlds apart from the perception that ‘social media’ alone radicalises young men and women.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Nov 18, 2016
The ‘can I buy you a coffee and pick your brain’ phenomena is something I know well. In fact, I’ve seen people dress up the ‘will you work for free’ mantra so many different ways I can now spot it from your opening sentence.
by Dr. Nicole Matejic, Aug 25, 2016