Microsoft said the Russian campaign aims to "sow discord and spread misinformation" ahead of the November presidential election.

Kremlin-affiliated Russian troll farms are running disinformation campaigns that aim to interfere with this year's US presidential elections, and according to Microsoft, they're focusing their efforts on discrediting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Russian actors are trying to discredit the vice president and her running mate, Tim Walz, in the lead-up to the November election, researchers found.

A Russian troll farm was behind false claims Kamala Harris was involved in a 2011 hit-and-run accident and other inflammatory stories that spread online, according to a report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center.

A “Kremlin-aligned troll farm” racked up millions of views for a fake TV news video featuring a paid actor who falsely claimed Kamala Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011, according to new research by Microsoft.

Microsoft revealed that Russian operatives have intensified their efforts to disrupt U.S. politics by targeting Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. According to Clint Watts, General Manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center and Digi24,

A false claim circulating on social media that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed after an alleged hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011 is the work of a covert Russian disinformation operation,