Russian influence operation targets Latin America
Original title: Operação de influência russa tem como alvo generalizado a América Latina
AI-assisted disinformation campaign used fake emails and local organization to target schools in Peru and Ecuador.
A Russian influence operation named Dark Clark used AI to plan and execute campaigns. It involved fake emails posing as educational authorities, forged government documents, and a created local organization to target schools in Peru and Ecuador. The operation aimed to promote cultural events and political figures to sow division.
Unconfirmed: Exact attribution to Russian state actors is based on the OpenAI report.
- Fake emails from educational authorities
- AI-assisted planning
- Targets Peru and Ecuador schools
- Influenced Argentina and Bolivia
Impact: Disinformation and social division
- Threat actors
- Dark Clark
- Organizations
- OpenAI
From the original article
8 min read at darkreading.com
A operação, que contou com o uso de inteligência artificial, utilizou e-mails falsos, documentos governamentais falsificados e a criação de uma organização local para atacar escolas no Peru e no Equador, entre outras ações.
By Robert Lemos · darkreading.com
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