Black traffic: the corporate sabotage technique you've never heard of

AI-driven online disinformation methods designed to create fear and mistrust were perfected by nation-states. Now, they're coming to the business world.

In the cybersecurity world, deep-pocket, government-sponsored hacking groups typically pioneer the most advanced hacking techniques, which tend to trickle down over time to independent malicious hackers out to make a buck.

I think something like this is happening with disinformation as well.

Nation-states, especially Russia, China, and Iran, engage in a…