Russian Influence Operation Widely Targeting Latin America
OpenAI says Russian operation Dark Clark used spoofed emails and AI to target schools in Peru and Ecuador.
OpenAI described a Russia-based influence operation it calls Dark Clark that targeted Latin America with spoofed emails, fake government documents, and a manufactured local organization. Operators posed as education authorities in Peru and Ecuador and persuaded some schools to hold a May 21 diversity event featuring Ukrainian political figures, then tried to stoke controversy. Separate activity aimed at Argentina and Bolivia appeared focused on local politics. OpenAI said the operators used its models to plan, write internal reports, and sometimes generate campaign content.
- OpenAI attributes the false-front campaign, dubbed Dark Clark, to Russian operators.
- Spoofed education emails induced schools in Peru and Ecuador to hold events.
- Other activity appeared aimed at politics in Argentina and Bolivia.
- Operators used AI for planning, internal reporting, and campaign content.
- Threat actors
- Dark Clark
- Organizations
- OpenAI
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The AI-enabled operation used spoofed emails, fake government documents, and the creation of a local organization to target schools in Peru and Ecuador, among other efforts.
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