July 9, 2024
US shut down Russian social media influencer operation, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it had busted a Russian operation that used artificial intelligence-enhanced fake social media accounts to covertly spread pro-Kremlin messages in the United States and abroad. The news comes four months before the US presidential election, which security experts widely believe will be the target of both hacking and covert attempts to influence social media by foreign adversaries. Senior US officials have said publicly that they are watching for programs intended to disrupt the vote. The Justice Department secured court approval to seize two domain names and search nearly 1,000 social media


