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In September 2014, a hoax was perpetrated claiming that there was an explosion at the [[Columbian Chemicals Plant]] in Centerville, Louisiana.  This attack used a sophisticated blend of text messaging, YouTube videos, a Wikipedia page(which has since been re-branded as a hoax page), a Facebook page, and a barrage of twitter activity.<ref name="Chen" />

In September 2014, a hoax was perpetrated claiming that there was an explosion at the [[Columbian Chemicals Plant]] in Centerville, Louisiana.  This attack used a sophisticated blend of text messaging, YouTube videos, a Wikipedia page(which has since been re-branded as a hoax page), a Facebook page, and a barrage of twitter activity.<ref name="Chen" />

This hoax also employed the tactic of using pro-Putin messaging, including some messages on conservative websites such as [[The Blaze]].<ref name="Chen">{{cite web |first=Adrian |last=Chen |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html |title=The Agency |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2015 }}</ref>

This hoax also employed the tactic of using pro-Putin messaging, including some messages on conservative websites such as [[The Blaze]].<ref name="Chen">{{cite web |first=Adrian |last=Chen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html |title=The Agency |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2015 }}</ref>

This cyber attack has been traced back to agents of the [[Russia]]n government working for an agency called the [[Internet Research Agency]].<ref name="Chen" />

This cyber attack has been traced back to agents of the [[Russia]]n government working for an agency called the [[Internet Research Agency]].<ref name="Chen" />