• Nonresident Senior Fellow
  • Head of Investigations, Graphika

Ben Nimmo

Ben Nimmo is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in the United Kingdom.

Ben Nimmo studies online disinformation and influence operations, with a particular focus on cross-platform operations. He is Head of Investigations at Graphika and a nonresident senior fellow at DFRLab. A former wire journalist and NATO press officer, he began his analytical career by developing the 4D model (dismiss, distort, distract and dismay) to predict disinformation. He has since studied information operations, bots and online campaigns stemming from Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and the United States, among others. He speaks a number of languages including Russian and Latvian. When he has free time, he goes scuba diving. He lives in fear of the day a smartphone which works underwater will become available. (Profile picture: Alexander Coggin for the New York Times.)

January 2019

Angela Merkel’s data leaked

by David A. Wemer

The targeted leaks “[look] like a clear attempt to disrupt German politics,” said Ben Nimmo, an information defense fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab).
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December 2018

Ben Nimmo Quoted in Politico Europe on Britain Grappling with Dark Web

by Atlantic Council

Ben Nimmmo spoke to Politico Europe about the internationalization of nationalism on the dark web and how the United Kingdom is responding.
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November 2018

Ben Nimmo Quoted in The Guardian on Nigel Farage

by Atlantic Council

Ben Nimmo speaks to The Guardian about Nigel Farage and his value to Russian propaganda online.
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