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Source Monitoring

Consumption of publicly-available information (PAI) at scale. Monitor and analyze specific sources without introducing bias or excessive noise into analysis.

Narrative Analysis

Keyword trend surfacing and co-amplification detection in ways that help us discover thematic strategies and coordination efforts.

Platform Agnostic

Content- and platform-agnostic, consuming narrative data and amplification behavior from virtually any publicly-accessible web site, news source, and social media network.

Summary

As of Friday, May 14, 132 sources have amplified 100 unique narratives associated with the phrase colonial pipeline. Although the pipeline resumed service late Wednesday and fuel shortages are steadily resolving themselves, the U.S. media have begun advancing narratives related to the technical aspects of the cyberattack and the $5 million ransom the Colonial Pipeline purportedly paid to the hackers. Trending alongside the lead narrative colonial pipeline, conversations primarily include the phrases ransomware attack, gas stations, and colonial pipeline paid. This is represented by the most amplified individual narrative related to the story, an article from Bloomberg published on May 13 titled "Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom." This narrative has been amplified 45 times since its publication by journalists connected to Bloomberg, the Washington Post, CNBC, the Associated Press, the Denver Post, the Newark Star, the New York Times, the Houston Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, and CNN.

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