A new Microsoft threat intelligence report details how Russia-linked actors are now going full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Vice President Kamala Harris.

The caution was warranted, according to a new Microsoft threat intelligence report, which confirms the fabricated tale was disinformation from a Russia-linked troll farm. The tech giant’s report released Tuesday details how Kremlin-aligned actors that at first struggled to adapt to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race have now gone full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Harris and Democrats.

Russian disinformation merchants have something in common with Donald Trump: They, too, needed some time to process President Joe Biden withdrawing from the presidential campaign to make way for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.

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.

Kremlin-aligned actors initially struggled to adapt to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race but have now gone full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.