Cyabra Finds Coordinated Inauthentic Activity in Five of Six Competitive Midterm Races, Affecting Candidates from Both Parties
Key Highlights
- ➤274,000 posts analyzed across six competitive 2026 U.S. midterm races
- ➤About 1 in 9 candidate-related posts came from inauthentic accounts
- ➤Five of six races showed high-confidence coordinated inauthentic accounts
- ➤TikTok had the highest inauthentic share, at about 1 in 4 posts
- ➤Cyabra plans to introduce a global elections protocol on December 9, 2026
Expert Statements
Dan Brahmy, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cyabra
“Influence operations are now a weapon system and public trust is being shaped by forces most citizens can’t see”
Dan Brahmy, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cyabra
“We tracked the run-up to Election Day, so the picture is in hand while the cycle is still live, when knowing which activity is inauthentic and which activity is coordinated is most useful to the institutions responding to it.”
Dan Brahmy, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cyabra
“Our standard is the same for every candidate and every party. Evidence first, and conclusions only as far as the evidence goes.”
Keith E. Noble, Ph.D., VP, Public Sector North America, at Cyabra
“Agencies need findings they can defend under scrutiny and brief up the chain.”
Keith E. Noble, Ph.D., VP, Public Sector North America, at Cyabra
“This report shows what that looks like in a live election. On December 9, 2026, we’ll introduce a global protocol, drawn from elections in five countries, that agencies can apply to their own elections.”
Cyabra’s 2026 U.S. Midterm Report finds about 1 in 9 posts about the candidates came from inauthentic accounts, at roughly the same rate for Republican and Democratic candidates
New York, NY, Oct. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyabra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYAB) (“Cyabra” or the “Company”), an artificial intelligence (“AI”)-powered narrative intelligence company that helps governments and enterprises detect coordinated manipulation and protect digital trust, today released Cyabra’s 2026 U.S. Midterm Report, an evidence-based narrative open-source intelligence analysis of inauthentic activity and coordination in online conversation. The report adds election integrity to Cyabra’s national security work in the U.S. public sector, following the Company’s formation earlier this month of its National Security Advisory Council. Cyabra will further discuss the report at a December 9, 2026 luncheon with Carahsoft for public-sector leaders and election stakeholders.
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