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Cop shooting, Ebola scare in Atlanta invented by Russians: Report

A person wearing a haz-mat suit carries a wrapped object out of an ambulance into Emory University Hospital after an ebola patient was taken in for treatment, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Atlanta. The fourth American aid worker sickened with the Ebola virus arrived Tuesday morning for treatment at Emory University Hospital, where two others have been successfully treated. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A person wearing a haz-mat suit carries a wrapped object out of an ambulance into Emory University Hospital after an ebola patient was taken in for treatment, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Atlanta. The fourth American aid worker sickened with the Ebola virus arrived Tuesday morning for treatment at Emory University Hospital, where two others have been successfully treated. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
June 3, 2015

The hoax had two different names, with two different hashtags (#EbolaInAtlanta and #shockingmurderinatlanta), but the intent was the same.

"The attention to detail was remarkable, suggesting a tremendous amount of effort," wrote the Times' Adrian Chen. A recent Beyoncé single played in the background of a fake video, which also included a shot of a vehicle with the Hartsfield-Jackson logo.

Its cyber tactics routinely targeted the Russian government's domestic and foreign "enemies," as well as political dissidents, Chen wrote.

And one day last winter, it targeted Atlanta.

ExploreRead Chen's complete investigation of the Internet Research Agency here
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