More recently, an investigation by Balkan Insight showcased how far-right nationalists are utilising automated armies on social media to amplify their agendas and ideas, particularly in relation to the on-going tensions of the country name of their neighbour, North Macedonia (Zafeiropoulos, 2019). Additionally, there have been reports of SYRIZA, now in opposition to the government, fabricating accusations against the Greek government, particularly the Tourism Ministry, to attack their spending plans and general politics (iefimerida.gr, 2020; Newsteam Spoilers, 2020). Table 2: Observed Strategies, Tools and Techniques of Social Media Manipulation in Greece Account Types Messaging and Valence Content and Platforms Communication Strategies Human Bots Support Attack Opposition Disinformation Trolls Amplifying content Twitter Facebook Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found. Organizational Capacity and Resources While there are reports on cyber troop activities from several political parties, there is fairly little known on how they pay for such campaigns, particularly because their financial situations have not look too promising in recent years (Κουνιάς, 2019; Λυγερού, 2019). Moreover, for the most part, such party-based activities are temporary and organised around elections and other political events. In light of recent border tensions with Turkey, the Greek government appears to be gearing up a little bit: reports have surfaced that the National Intelligence Service has hired eighty new hackers to support the growing conflict between Greece and Turkey. Much of the disagreement is now being carried out online and has degenerated into a cyberwar of cyber-attacks between the two countries, reportedly even Anonymous Greece has joined in (Antonopoulos, 2020a, 2020b; ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ, 2020). Table 3: Cyber Troop Capacity in Greece Team Size Resources Spent Activity Levels (USD) 80 new recent Temporary 1 hires Coordination Capacity Measure Decentralised Their jobs seem to focus on hacking, engagement with information warfare unclear Source: Authors’ evaluations based on data collected. Blank spaces indicate no evidence was found. 1 References Analytics: Εκλογές πλησιάζουν, Fake news, bots και trolls στο προσκήνιο. (2019). Crisis Monitor. https://www.crisismonitor.gr/2019/03/12/analytics-ekloges-plisiazoyn-fakenews-bots-kai-trolls-sto-proskinio/ Antonopoulos, P. (2020a, June 14). Greece hires 80 new hackers as cyberwar with Turkey intensifies. Greek City Times. https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/06/14/greece-hires-80new-hackers-as-cyberwar-with-turkey-intensifies/ 160