#influenceoperation — Public Fediverse posts

…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

A joint Haaretz-Libération investigation exposed a foreign influence operation targeting France's La France Insoumise, using fake avatars and AI-generated nude images to smear candidates in Marseille and Toulouse. The operation ran through an entity called "Blackcore" whose digital infrastructure shared a London server with Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI (including a system labeled "Galacticos AI Avatar Generator.") Within two hours of being contacted, both #Blackcore's and Galacticos' infrastructure was taken down.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/security/2026-05-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-325c-d0d2-a59e-b7dfa68f0000 (archive https://archive.li/3N70b)

#France #InfluenceOperation #Israel #Disinformation #Haaretz #Libération

A joint Haaretz-Libération investigation exposed a foreign influence operation targeting France's La France Insoumise, using fake avatars and AI-generated nude images to smear candidates in Marseille and Toulouse. The operation ran through an entity called "Blackcore" whose digital infrastructure shared a London server with Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI (including a system labeled "Galacticos AI Avatar Generator.") Within two hours of being contacted, both #Blackcore's and Galacticos' infrastructure was taken down.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/security/2026-05-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-325c-d0d2-a59e-b7dfa68f0000 (archive https://archive.li/3N70b)

#France #InfluenceOperation #Israel #Disinformation #Haaretz #Libération

A joint Haaretz-Libération investigation exposed a foreign influence operation targeting France's La France Insoumise, using fake avatars and AI-generated nude images to smear candidates in Marseille and Toulouse. The operation ran through an entity called "Blackcore" whose digital infrastructure shared a London server with Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI (including a system labeled "Galacticos AI Avatar Generator.") Within two hours of being contacted, both #Blackcore's and Galacticos' infrastructure was taken down.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/security/2026-05-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-325c-d0d2-a59e-b7dfa68f0000 (archive https://archive.li/3N70b)

#France #InfluenceOperation #Israel #Disinformation #Haaretz #Libération

A joint Haaretz-Libération investigation exposed a foreign influence operation targeting France's La France Insoumise, using fake avatars and AI-generated nude images to smear candidates in Marseille and Toulouse. The operation ran through an entity called "Blackcore" whose digital infrastructure shared a London server with Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI (including a system labeled "Galacticos AI Avatar Generator.") Within two hours of being contacted, both #Blackcore's and Galacticos' infrastructure was taken down.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/security/2026-05-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-325c-d0d2-a59e-b7dfa68f0000 (archive https://archive.li/3N70b)

#France #InfluenceOperation #Israel #Disinformation #Haaretz #Libération

A joint Haaretz-Libération investigation exposed a foreign influence operation targeting France's La France Insoumise, using fake avatars and AI-generated nude images to smear candidates in Marseille and Toulouse. The operation ran through an entity called "Blackcore" whose digital infrastructure shared a London server with Israeli companies Galacticos and SNI (including a system labeled "Galacticos AI Avatar Generator.") Within two hours of being contacted, both #Blackcore's and Galacticos' infrastructure was taken down.

Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/security/2026-05-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019e-325c-d0d2-a59e-b7dfa68f0000 (archive https://archive.li/3N70b)

#France #InfluenceOperation #Israel #Disinformation #Haaretz #Libération

Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored-youtube/

Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored-youtube/

Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored-youtube/

Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored-youtube/

Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/republicans-claim-biden-censored-youtube/

We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK – An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime

https://citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-enabled-io-aimed-at-overthrowing-iranian-regime/

#influenceoperation #TargetedThreats #Disinformation #SocialMedia #deepfake #Israel #Iran

Another page straight out of Putin’s playbook: Try to create a separatist movement where one doesn’t exist.

Trump reveals his Putinism by having his people meddle with Greenland and conduct influence operations there. Three of them went around trying to recruit locals.

Don’t let the guy’s clownish appearance fool you: He’s out for an imperial land grab.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-suspected-influence-operations-greenland-2025-08-27/
#greenland #influenceoperation #trump #putinism #nafo

Another page straight out of Putin’s playbook: Try to create a separatist movement where one doesn’t exist.

Trump reveals his Putinism by having his people meddle with Greenland and conduct influence operations there. Three of them went around trying to recruit locals.

Don’t let the guy’s clownish appearance fool you: He’s out for an imperial land grab.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-suspected-influence-operations-greenland-2025-08-27/
#greenland #influenceoperation #trump #putinism #nafo

Another page straight out of Putin’s playbook: Try to create a separatist movement where one doesn’t exist.

Trump reveals his Putinism by having his people meddle with Greenland and conduct influence operations there. Three of them went around trying to recruit locals.

Don’t let the guy’s clownish appearance fool you: He’s out for an imperial land grab.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-suspected-influence-operations-greenland-2025-08-27/
#greenland #influenceoperation #trump #putinism #nafo

Another page straight out of Putin’s playbook: Try to create a separatist movement where one doesn’t exist.

Trump reveals his Putinism by having his people meddle with Greenland and conduct influence operations there. Three of them went around trying to recruit locals.

Don’t let the guy’s clownish appearance fool you: He’s out for an imperial land grab.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-suspected-influence-operations-greenland-2025-08-27/
#greenland #influenceoperation #trump #putinism #nafo

Another page straight out of Putin’s playbook: Try to create a separatist movement where one doesn’t exist.

Trump reveals his Putinism by having his people meddle with Greenland and conduct influence operations there. Three of them went around trying to recruit locals.

Don’t let the guy’s clownish appearance fool you: He’s out for an imperial land grab.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-summons-us-envoy-over-suspected-influence-operations-greenland-2025-08-27/
#greenland #influenceoperation #trump #putinism #nafo

Denmark Summons US Diplomat Over Greenland Influence Operation

#denmark #DiplomaticIncident #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #unitedstates
https://blazetrends.com/denmark-summons-us-diplomat-over-greenland-influence-operation/?fsp_sid=103948

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

#HackerNews #Denmark #USDiplomat #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

#HackerNews #Denmark #USDiplomat #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

#HackerNews #Denmark #USDiplomat #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

#HackerNews #Denmark #USDiplomat #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy

Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

#HackerNews #Denmark #USDiplomat #Greenland #InfluenceOperation #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy

These aren't your typical "real" protestors. They aren't well-meaning #students out protesting fossil fuel use, or Israel, or student debt, or creeping fascism. They aren't the tree-hugging crowd protesting environmental #issues.

They don't seem to actually believe any of the stuff they're pushing. Like I said, they didn't even make their own signs. They're pretty obviously being paid to be there, and they do exactly the minimum they're told to do, and no more.

So, the only real effect this has is that it corrodes our functioning society. Who would pay for fake protests to do that?

I'm hoping it's #foreign. Russia and China do these sorts of things, trying anything they can to hurt their enemies and fracture their #unity. If Canadians, for example, stop trusting media reports about the war in Ukraine, or about China's brutal suppression of #Tibet and persecution of #Uyghurs, we might stop shipping arms to #Ukraine, or criticizing China at the UN. Both of those countries have the motivation, the resources, and the experience to do this here in Canada.

So, fellow #Canucks - have you noticed any of these so-far-out-there-they-can't-be-real protests in your city? What are the slogans on their signs?

2/2

#influence #InfluenceOperation #PsyOp #China #Russia #manipulation #fake

These aren't your typical "real" protestors. They aren't well-meaning #students out protesting fossil fuel use, or Israel, or student debt, or creeping fascism. They aren't the tree-hugging crowd protesting environmental #issues.

They don't seem to actually believe any of the stuff they're pushing. Like I said, they didn't even make their own signs. They're pretty obviously being paid to be there, and they do exactly the minimum they're told to do, and no more.

So, the only real effect this has is that it corrodes our functioning society. Who would pay for fake protests to do that?

I'm hoping it's #foreign. Russia and China do these sorts of things, trying anything they can to hurt their enemies and fracture their #unity. If Canadians, for example, stop trusting media reports about the war in Ukraine, or about China's brutal suppression of #Tibet and persecution of #Uyghurs, we might stop shipping arms to #Ukraine, or criticizing China at the UN. Both of those countries have the motivation, the resources, and the experience to do this here in Canada.

So, fellow #Canucks - have you noticed any of these so-far-out-there-they-can't-be-real protests in your city? What are the slogans on their signs?

2/2

#influence #InfluenceOperation #PsyOp #China #Russia #manipulation #fake

These aren't your typical "real" protestors. They aren't well-meaning #students out protesting fossil fuel use, or Israel, or student debt, or creeping fascism. They aren't the tree-hugging crowd protesting environmental #issues.

They don't seem to actually believe any of the stuff they're pushing. Like I said, they didn't even make their own signs. They're pretty obviously being paid to be there, and they do exactly the minimum they're told to do, and no more.

So, the only real effect this has is that it corrodes our functioning society. Who would pay for fake protests to do that?

I'm hoping it's #foreign. Russia and China do these sorts of things, trying anything they can to hurt their enemies and fracture their #unity. If Canadians, for example, stop trusting media reports about the war in Ukraine, or about China's brutal suppression of #Tibet and persecution of #Uyghurs, we might stop shipping arms to #Ukraine, or criticizing China at the UN. Both of those countries have the motivation, the resources, and the experience to do this here in Canada.

So, fellow #Canucks - have you noticed any of these so-far-out-there-they-can't-be-real protests in your city? What are the slogans on their signs?

2/2

#influence #InfluenceOperation #PsyOp #China #Russia #manipulation #fake

These aren't your typical "real" protestors. They aren't well-meaning #students out protesting fossil fuel use, or Israel, or student debt, or creeping fascism. They aren't the tree-hugging crowd protesting environmental #issues.

They don't seem to actually believe any of the stuff they're pushing. Like I said, they didn't even make their own signs. They're pretty obviously being paid to be there, and they do exactly the minimum they're told to do, and no more.

So, the only real effect this has is that it corrodes our functioning society. Who would pay for fake protests to do that?

I'm hoping it's #foreign. Russia and China do these sorts of things, trying anything they can to hurt their enemies and fracture their #unity. If Canadians, for example, stop trusting media reports about the war in Ukraine, or about China's brutal suppression of #Tibet and persecution of #Uyghurs, we might stop shipping arms to #Ukraine, or criticizing China at the UN. Both of those countries have the motivation, the resources, and the experience to do this here in Canada.

So, fellow #Canucks - have you noticed any of these so-far-out-there-they-can't-be-real protests in your city? What are the slogans on their signs?

2/2

#influence #InfluenceOperation #PsyOp #China #Russia #manipulation #fake

These aren't your typical "real" protestors. They aren't well-meaning #students out protesting fossil fuel use, or Israel, or student debt, or creeping fascism. They aren't the tree-hugging crowd protesting environmental #issues.

They don't seem to actually believe any of the stuff they're pushing. Like I said, they didn't even make their own signs. They're pretty obviously being paid to be there, and they do exactly the minimum they're told to do, and no more.

So, the only real effect this has is that it corrodes our functioning society. Who would pay for fake protests to do that?

I'm hoping it's #foreign. Russia and China do these sorts of things, trying anything they can to hurt their enemies and fracture their #unity. If Canadians, for example, stop trusting media reports about the war in Ukraine, or about China's brutal suppression of #Tibet and persecution of #Uyghurs, we might stop shipping arms to #Ukraine, or criticizing China at the UN. Both of those countries have the motivation, the resources, and the experience to do this here in Canada.

So, fellow #Canucks - have you noticed any of these so-far-out-there-they-can't-be-real protests in your city? What are the slogans on their signs?

2/2

#influence #InfluenceOperation #PsyOp #China #Russia #manipulation #fake

"With a high rate of following and engagement #acrossplatforms, #JUICYJAM is an uncommon instance of a successful #statesponsored #influenceoperation. JUICYJAM’s tactics support a larger network of #judicialharassment and #democraticsuppression that is infrequently enforced by #socialmedia platforms, but poses a significant threat to civil society."
#Thailand #OnlineDoxxing
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-thai-authorities-use-online-doxxing-to-suppress-dissent/

"With a high rate of following and engagement #acrossplatforms, #JUICYJAM is an uncommon instance of a successful #statesponsored #influenceoperation. JUICYJAM’s tactics support a larger network of #judicialharassment and #democraticsuppression that is infrequently enforced by #socialmedia platforms, but poses a significant threat to civil society."
#Thailand #OnlineDoxxing
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-thai-authorities-use-online-doxxing-to-suppress-dissent/

"With a high rate of following and engagement #acrossplatforms, #JUICYJAM is an uncommon instance of a successful #statesponsored #influenceoperation. JUICYJAM’s tactics support a larger network of #judicialharassment and #democraticsuppression that is infrequently enforced by #socialmedia platforms, but poses a significant threat to civil society."
#Thailand #OnlineDoxxing
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-thai-authorities-use-online-doxxing-to-suppress-dissent/

"With a high rate of following and engagement #acrossplatforms, #JUICYJAM is an uncommon instance of a successful #statesponsored #influenceoperation. JUICYJAM’s tactics support a larger network of #judicialharassment and #democraticsuppression that is infrequently enforced by #socialmedia platforms, but poses a significant threat to civil society."
#Thailand #OnlineDoxxing
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-thai-authorities-use-online-doxxing-to-suppress-dissent/

"With a high rate of following and engagement #acrossplatforms, #JUICYJAM is an uncommon instance of a successful #statesponsored #influenceoperation. JUICYJAM’s tactics support a larger network of #judicialharassment and #democraticsuppression that is infrequently enforced by #socialmedia platforms, but poses a significant threat to civil society."
#Thailand #OnlineDoxxing
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/how-thai-authorities-use-online-doxxing-to-suppress-dissent/

OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of an A.I. Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool

OpenAI recently banned several ChatGPT accounts whose operators used the company’s models to build a social media listening tool in an operation dubbed “Peer Review”. OpenAI was able to detect, analyze and disrupt what was an apparent surveillance operation by Chinese actors used to feed real-time reports about protests in the west to the Chinese security services.

The Qianyue tool was designed to monitor platforms like X, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to identify social media conversations about calls for demonstrations about human rights in China. These disruption efforts are part of OpenAI’s on-going efforts to prevent use of its AI tools in support of malicious cyber activities.

Access the full report here: https://cdn.openai.com/threat-intelligence-reports/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-our-models-february-2025-update.pdf #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #cybersecuity #misinformation #surveillance #china #socialmedia #influenceoperation

OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of an A.I. Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool

OpenAI recently banned several ChatGPT accounts whose operators used the company’s models to build a social media listening tool in an operation dubbed “Peer Review”. OpenAI was able to detect, analyze and disrupt what was an apparent surveillance operation by Chinese actors used to feed real-time reports about protests in the west to the Chinese security services.

The Qianyue tool was designed to monitor platforms like X, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to identify social media conversations about calls for demonstrations about human rights in China. These disruption efforts are part of OpenAI’s on-going efforts to prevent use of its AI tools in support of malicious cyber activities.

Access the full report here: https://cdn.openai.com/threat-intelligence-reports/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-our-models-february-2025-update.pdf #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #cybersecuity #misinformation #surveillance #china #socialmedia #influenceoperation

OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of an A.I. Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool

OpenAI recently banned several ChatGPT accounts whose operators used the company’s models to build a social media listening tool in an operation dubbed “Peer Review”. OpenAI was able to detect, analyze and disrupt what was an apparent surveillance operation by Chinese actors used to feed real-time reports about protests in the west to the Chinese security services.

The Qianyue tool was designed to monitor platforms like X, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to identify social media conversations about calls for demonstrations about human rights in China. These disruption efforts are part of OpenAI’s on-going efforts to prevent use of its AI tools in support of malicious cyber activities.

Access the full report here: https://cdn.openai.com/threat-intelligence-reports/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-our-models-february-2025-update.pdf #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #cybersecuity #misinformation #surveillance #china #socialmedia #influenceoperation

OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of an A.I. Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool

OpenAI recently banned several ChatGPT accounts whose operators used the company’s models to build a social media listening tool in an operation dubbed “Peer Review”. OpenAI was able to detect, analyze and disrupt what was an apparent surveillance operation by Chinese actors used to feed real-time reports about protests in the west to the Chinese security services.

The Qianyue tool was designed to monitor platforms like X, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to identify social media conversations about calls for demonstrations about human rights in China. These disruption efforts are part of OpenAI’s on-going efforts to prevent use of its AI tools in support of malicious cyber activities.

Access the full report here: https://cdn.openai.com/threat-intelligence-reports/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-our-models-february-2025-update.pdf #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #cybersecuity #misinformation #surveillance #china #socialmedia #influenceoperation

OpenAI Uncovers Evidence of an A.I. Powered Chinese Surveillance Tool

OpenAI recently banned several ChatGPT accounts whose operators used the company’s models to build a social media listening tool in an operation dubbed “Peer Review”. OpenAI was able to detect, analyze and disrupt what was an apparent surveillance operation by Chinese actors used to feed real-time reports about protests in the west to the Chinese security services.

The Qianyue tool was designed to monitor platforms like X, Facebook, YouTube, and Telegram to identify social media conversations about calls for demonstrations about human rights in China. These disruption efforts are part of OpenAI’s on-going efforts to prevent use of its AI tools in support of malicious cyber activities.

Access the full report here: https://cdn.openai.com/threat-intelligence-reports/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-our-models-february-2025-update.pdf #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AI #cybersecuity #misinformation #surveillance #china #socialmedia #influenceoperation

🎁 GenAI x Sec Advent #10

Sora, the video generator, has just been released, so I think this is a good opportunity to discuss about influence operations through the usage of Generative AI!

☠️ We’ve already seen threat actors leveraging GenAI for misinformation that fuels disinformation campaigns, erodes trust, and amplifies societal divides. Some recent examples such as Russian Threat Actor Storm-1679 spreading misinformation powered by GenAI during the Olympic Games in Paris (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/) or the Iranian Threat Actor Storm-2035 influencing the US election using AI-enabled services to plagiarize content (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/5bc57431-a7a9-49ad-944d-b93b7d35d0fc.pdf).

In the paper "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data", ten distinct tactics have been identified: 👇

1️⃣ Impersonation: Assume the identity of a real person to act on their behalf.
2️⃣ Appropriated Likeness: Use or alter a person's likeness or identifying features.
3️⃣ Sockpuppeting: Create synthetic online personas or accounts.
4️⃣ NCII: Generate non-consensual intimate imagery using someone's likeness.
5️⃣ CSAM: Create child sexually explicit material
6️⃣ Falsification: Fabricate or falsely represent evidence, reports, or documents.
7️⃣ IP Infringement: Use someone’s intellectual property without permission.
8️⃣ Counterfeit: Reproduce or imitate original work, brand, or style to pass as real.
9️⃣ Scaling & Amplification: Automate, amplify, or scale workflows.
🔟 Targeting: Refine outputs to craft highly tailored attacks.

These tactics are not new, but GenAI lowers the barriers, it makes them easier, faster, and more scalable than ever.

I think the implications are beyond democracy, freedom, and security. They challenge trust in information, fuel economic harm through scams and counterfeits, intensify social polarization, and even threaten psychological well-being.

What do you think? Are we facing another turning point where technology redefines trust and societal norms? 🤔

Also are we really running in a simulation? 😁 (The video has been generated with Sora) #Genai #Cybersecurity #influenceOperation

🎁 GenAI x Sec Advent #10

Sora, the video generator, has just been released, so I think this is a good opportunity to discuss about influence operations through the usage of Generative AI!

☠️ We’ve already seen threat actors leveraging GenAI for misinformation that fuels disinformation campaigns, erodes trust, and amplifies societal divides. Some recent examples such as Russian Threat Actor Storm-1679 spreading misinformation powered by GenAI during the Olympic Games in Paris (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/) or the Iranian Threat Actor Storm-2035 influencing the US election using AI-enabled services to plagiarize content (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/5bc57431-a7a9-49ad-944d-b93b7d35d0fc.pdf).

In the paper "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data", ten distinct tactics have been identified: 👇

1️⃣ Impersonation: Assume the identity of a real person to act on their behalf.
2️⃣ Appropriated Likeness: Use or alter a person's likeness or identifying features.
3️⃣ Sockpuppeting: Create synthetic online personas or accounts.
4️⃣ NCII: Generate non-consensual intimate imagery using someone's likeness.
5️⃣ CSAM: Create child sexually explicit material
6️⃣ Falsification: Fabricate or falsely represent evidence, reports, or documents.
7️⃣ IP Infringement: Use someone’s intellectual property without permission.
8️⃣ Counterfeit: Reproduce or imitate original work, brand, or style to pass as real.
9️⃣ Scaling & Amplification: Automate, amplify, or scale workflows.
🔟 Targeting: Refine outputs to craft highly tailored attacks.

These tactics are not new, but GenAI lowers the barriers, it makes them easier, faster, and more scalable than ever.

I think the implications are beyond democracy, freedom, and security. They challenge trust in information, fuel economic harm through scams and counterfeits, intensify social polarization, and even threaten psychological well-being.

What do you think? Are we facing another turning point where technology redefines trust and societal norms? 🤔

Also are we really running in a simulation? 😁 (The video has been generated with Sora) #Genai #Cybersecurity #influenceOperation

🎁 GenAI x Sec Advent #10

Sora, the video generator, has just been released, so I think this is a good opportunity to discuss about influence operations through the usage of Generative AI!

☠️ We’ve already seen threat actors leveraging GenAI for misinformation that fuels disinformation campaigns, erodes trust, and amplifies societal divides. Some recent examples such as Russian Threat Actor Storm-1679 spreading misinformation powered by GenAI during the Olympic Games in Paris (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/) or the Iranian Threat Actor Storm-2035 influencing the US election using AI-enabled services to plagiarize content (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/5bc57431-a7a9-49ad-944d-b93b7d35d0fc.pdf).

In the paper "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data", ten distinct tactics have been identified: 👇

1️⃣ Impersonation: Assume the identity of a real person to act on their behalf.
2️⃣ Appropriated Likeness: Use or alter a person's likeness or identifying features.
3️⃣ Sockpuppeting: Create synthetic online personas or accounts.
4️⃣ NCII: Generate non-consensual intimate imagery using someone's likeness.
5️⃣ CSAM: Create child sexually explicit material
6️⃣ Falsification: Fabricate or falsely represent evidence, reports, or documents.
7️⃣ IP Infringement: Use someone’s intellectual property without permission.
8️⃣ Counterfeit: Reproduce or imitate original work, brand, or style to pass as real.
9️⃣ Scaling & Amplification: Automate, amplify, or scale workflows.
🔟 Targeting: Refine outputs to craft highly tailored attacks.

These tactics are not new, but GenAI lowers the barriers, it makes them easier, faster, and more scalable than ever.

I think the implications are beyond democracy, freedom, and security. They challenge trust in information, fuel economic harm through scams and counterfeits, intensify social polarization, and even threaten psychological well-being.

What do you think? Are we facing another turning point where technology redefines trust and societal norms? 🤔

Also are we really running in a simulation? 😁 (The video has been generated with Sora) #Genai #Cybersecurity #influenceOperation

🎁 GenAI x Sec Advent #10

Sora, the video generator, has just been released, so I think this is a good opportunity to discuss about influence operations through the usage of Generative AI!

☠️ We’ve already seen threat actors leveraging GenAI for misinformation that fuels disinformation campaigns, erodes trust, and amplifies societal divides. Some recent examples such as Russian Threat Actor Storm-1679 spreading misinformation powered by GenAI during the Olympic Games in Paris (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/) or the Iranian Threat Actor Storm-2035 influencing the US election using AI-enabled services to plagiarize content (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/5bc57431-a7a9-49ad-944d-b93b7d35d0fc.pdf).

In the paper "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data", ten distinct tactics have been identified: 👇

1️⃣ Impersonation: Assume the identity of a real person to act on their behalf.
2️⃣ Appropriated Likeness: Use or alter a person's likeness or identifying features.
3️⃣ Sockpuppeting: Create synthetic online personas or accounts.
4️⃣ NCII: Generate non-consensual intimate imagery using someone's likeness.
5️⃣ CSAM: Create child sexually explicit material
6️⃣ Falsification: Fabricate or falsely represent evidence, reports, or documents.
7️⃣ IP Infringement: Use someone’s intellectual property without permission.
8️⃣ Counterfeit: Reproduce or imitate original work, brand, or style to pass as real.
9️⃣ Scaling & Amplification: Automate, amplify, or scale workflows.
🔟 Targeting: Refine outputs to craft highly tailored attacks.

These tactics are not new, but GenAI lowers the barriers, it makes them easier, faster, and more scalable than ever.

I think the implications are beyond democracy, freedom, and security. They challenge trust in information, fuel economic harm through scams and counterfeits, intensify social polarization, and even threaten psychological well-being.

What do you think? Are we facing another turning point where technology redefines trust and societal norms? 🤔

Also are we really running in a simulation? 😁 (The video has been generated with Sora) #Genai #Cybersecurity #influenceOperation

🎁 GenAI x Sec Advent #10

Sora, the video generator, has just been released, so I think this is a good opportunity to discuss about influence operations through the usage of Generative AI!

☠️ We’ve already seen threat actors leveraging GenAI for misinformation that fuels disinformation campaigns, erodes trust, and amplifies societal divides. Some recent examples such as Russian Threat Actor Storm-1679 spreading misinformation powered by GenAI during the Olympic Games in Paris (https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/06/02/russia-cyber-bots-disinformation-2024-paris-olympics/) or the Iranian Threat Actor Storm-2035 influencing the US election using AI-enabled services to plagiarize content (https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/5bc57431-a7a9-49ad-944d-b93b7d35d0fc.pdf).

In the paper "Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data", ten distinct tactics have been identified: 👇

1️⃣ Impersonation: Assume the identity of a real person to act on their behalf.
2️⃣ Appropriated Likeness: Use or alter a person's likeness or identifying features.
3️⃣ Sockpuppeting: Create synthetic online personas or accounts.
4️⃣ NCII: Generate non-consensual intimate imagery using someone's likeness.
5️⃣ CSAM: Create child sexually explicit material
6️⃣ Falsification: Fabricate or falsely represent evidence, reports, or documents.
7️⃣ IP Infringement: Use someone’s intellectual property without permission.
8️⃣ Counterfeit: Reproduce or imitate original work, brand, or style to pass as real.
9️⃣ Scaling & Amplification: Automate, amplify, or scale workflows.
🔟 Targeting: Refine outputs to craft highly tailored attacks.

These tactics are not new, but GenAI lowers the barriers, it makes them easier, faster, and more scalable than ever.

I think the implications are beyond democracy, freedom, and security. They challenge trust in information, fuel economic harm through scams and counterfeits, intensify social polarization, and even threaten psychological well-being.

What do you think? Are we facing another turning point where technology redefines trust and societal norms? 🤔

Also are we really running in a simulation? 😁 (The video has been generated with Sora) #Genai #Cybersecurity #influenceOperation

"'Today marks two weeks since I submitted the invoice for August. Any idea for the delay? We are signing the large contracts and need to be certain we will get the funding to pay these people.' [Russian operative alias] did not immediately respond. While awaiting a reply from [Russian operative alias], [willing dupe/asset in place] searched for the then-current time in Moscow."

Yeah, they knew the Russians were paying them.

#TenetMedia #russia #InfluenceOperation

#InfluenceOperation Relied on #Influencers, #AI-Generated #Content, Paid #SocialMedia #Ads, & Social Media Accounts to Drive #Internet Traffic to #Cybersquatted & Other #Domains

The #DOJ announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in #Russia govt-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “#Doppelganger,” in violation of US #MoneyLaundering & #criminal #trademark laws.

#Propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #MediaLiteracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence

From @bendobrown: 〝[…] influencers’ photos were not just stolen and repurposed as new online personas but were manipulated to make it look like they were wearing pro-Trump paraphernalia. […] Many of the accounts in the network appeared in 2024, some as recently as this month. At least 15 of the accounts have the blue tick verification badge.〞
https://www.info-res.org/post/unmasking-the-fake-maga-accounts-stolen-photos-and-digital-lies

#disinfo #inauthentic #astroturfing #influencers #Trump #elections #influenceOperation #Xitter #Twitter #socialMedia