Very true. I'd suggest the OP to look up the video on how Israel uses teams to edit Wikipedia articles to put their territory in a positive light as a good starting point. Also check out this page on Cryptome about forum spies. They are still very much out there and more organized and financed now than ever before. Most people don't pay attention to these things: https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm