LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Internet discussion site Reddit
said on Friday the leak and distribution of classified UK-U.S.
trade documents during Britain's election campaign was tied to a
previous Russian information operation.
Reuters reported on Monday that the way the documents were
initially shared online resembled a disinformation campaign
known as Secondary Infektion, which was uncovered earlier this
year and stemmed from accounts Facebook said originated in
Russia.
"We were recently made aware of a post on Reddit that
included leaked documents from the UK," Reddit said in a
statement. "We investigated this account and the accounts
connected to it, and today we believe this was part of a
campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia."
The company said it has also identified more accounts which
had attempted to promote the original post with the leaked
documents.
"All of these accounts have the same shared pattern as the
original Secondary Infektion group detected, causing us to
believe that this was indeed tied to the original group."
(Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by)