Phoenix consort utilised by Russians to control ethnic media ‘bot farm,’ feds feature – Journal Today Web

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The U.S. Department of Justice reportable it had disrupted a Slavonic misinformation crusade that utilised imitation ethnic media accounts to distribute misinformation most the struggle in Ukraine.

In testimony to Congress, the FBI director alluded to the fact that the crusade also included misinformation most the reaching U.S. election. A Phoenix-based plot hosting consort haw hit inadvertently contributed to the scheme.

“The Justice Department today declared the getting of digit field obloquy and the see of 968 ethnic media accounts utilised by Slavonic actors to create an AI-enhanced ethnic media bot farm that distribute disinformation in the United States and abroad,” feature a evidence free by the Justice Department.

According to an affidavit filed in federal suite in Phoenix, Slavonic agents, employed finished a imitation come in Lithuania, acquired the field names, “MLRTR.COM” and “OTANMAIL.COM” from Namecheap, Inc, a plot hosting consort supported in Phoenix.

Namecheap officials did not move to a letter for comment, but null in the documents free by the DOJ indicates that the consort or its officers knew they were providing domains to Slavonic agents.

The websites are today downbound and replaced by a panel, which states the plot domains hit been seized by the FBI.

“We declared the momentous flutter of a originative AI-enhanced ethnic media – bot farm essentially of the Russians that was fashioned to be an impact activeness and whatever of the fake, fictitious profiles of those bots supposed to be U.S. persons so they’re ease at it. We’ve seen that in election wheel after election cycle,” said FBI administrator Christopher Wray in face of a Congressional commission terminal week.

(Editor’s Note: The FBI administrator addresses the bot farm at time cipher 2:24:02)

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