Sarah Boutboul

Sarah is a Lead Intelligence Analyst specialising in risk monitoring and foreign malign interference techniques. She draws on an interdisciplinary background with previous career experiences in national security and corporate risk intelligence.

Sarah is a Lead Intelligence Analyst specialising in risk monitoring and foreign malign interference techniques. She draws on an interdisciplinary background with previous career experiences in national security and corporate risk intelligence.

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How Russian and Russian State-Aligned Narrative Attacks Build a Pretext for Actions Against NATO Allies

Sarah Boutboul, RAV3N Research

Blackbird.AI’s RAV3N Research Team examined how Russian and state-aligned narrative attacks turn defensive activity into alleged aggression by using coordinated, persistent inauthentic activity to manipulate the information environment.

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How a Foreign Malign Influence Campaign About Ebola in Kenya Became a Narrative Weapon Targeting the West

A six-month Blackbird.AI review shows how a Russian state-aligned network turned a stalled Kenyan health proposal into a durable anti-Western narrative, one built for reuse.

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Narrative Attacks and Africa’s Mineral Resources: How Russian State-Aligned Influence Is Reshaping the Information Environment

From cobalt mines in Congo to uranium fields in Niger, Russian state-aligned actors are systematically weaponizing resource grievances to advance geopolitical objectives. A Blackbird.AI RAV3N analysis reveals a coordinated, multilingual narrative attack influence operation aimed at driving out Western partners and legitimizing Russia’s expanding presence on the continent.

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Narrative Attacks and Manipulated Media Fuel Tensions in the West Philippine Sea

Sarah Boutboul, Dan Patterson

Analysis reveals key narrative attack vectors deployed in the ongoing information war over Ayungin Shoal, one of the world’s most contested maritime frontiers.

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Weaponizing Narrative Influence: How Captain Ibrahim Traoré is Elevated as an Anti-Western Icon Across Nigeria

Sarah Boutboul, Dan Patterson

Narrative attacks amplify calls for coups and anti-Western sentiment in Nigeria by glorifying Burkina Faso’s junta leader, leveraging key TTPs exploiting democratic fragility and regional unrest.

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Decoding Electric Vehicle Narrative Attacks: Myths, Facts, and Future Implications

EVs have become central to global narrative attacks. Discover how myths and false narratives shape public perception.

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Airspace Uncertainty: Mapping Competing New Jersey Drone Conspiracy Narratives

Recent sightings of drones over New Jersey and elsewhere have sparked a wave of narratives linking foreign powers and covert government operations. Here’s what it reveals about narrative manipulation in a digital age.

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Narrative Attack Analysis: Coordinated Campaigns Are Targeting Bill Gates

A Blackbird.AI RAV3N analysis reveals how Bill Gates has been targeted by narrative attacks which have undermined public health efforts and amplified conspiracy theories.

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Foreign Influence Operations Target Chad’s 2024 Elections

Sarah Boutboul, Beatrice Titus

Blackbird.AI report exposes coordinated campaigns by pro-Russian networks to manipulate online narratives and shape public perceptions of Chad’s presidential candidates in the lead-up to the pivotal 2024 election.

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The Battle Beyond the Games: Narrative Attacks Targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics

The top narrative attacks targeting the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics reveal coordinated narrative attack campaigns.