Russian intelligence is continuing “attempts to influence” US elections, after becoming a potent source of “fake news” for voters in the United States, according to a newspaper report. The Washington Post The US published Russian documents obtained by a European intelligence agency confirming this.
The documents revealed that John Mark Duggan, a former U.S. Marine who fled to Russia while wanted in Florida on extortion and wiretapping charges, worked directly with Russian military intelligence to make videos to commit fraud and spread false information targeting the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. .
The documents revealed that Dogan “has long maintained that he operated independently of the Russian government, but received funding from the Russian Military Intelligence Service.”
She said he received payments after a group of his fake news websites started having trouble accessing Western artificial intelligence systems, and he needed an artificial intelligence generator – a tool that ‘ can be paid to create texts, images and videos, according to the newspaper.
Ahead of the elections… Russian, Iranian and Chinese intent to “incite division” among Americans
A US intelligence official said on Tuesday that Russia, Iran and China are determined to encourage divisive talks among Americans ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for November 5, even though those countries are unlikely to be able to to handle the elections at an effective level. the outcome of the presidential race.
Recently, reports emerged that pro-Kremlin sites, posing as American “news” sites, published unsubstantiated claims that the Democrats planned to assassinate former President Donald Trump, in an example of the inflammatory lies that can be promoted by fake sites powered by artificial intelligence. During a crucial election year, according to what Agence France-Presse reported last August.
In October, the United States released an intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that Moscow was using spies, social media and Russian state media to undermine public confidence in it. the integrity of democratic elections around the world.
“Our information indicates that senior officials of the Russian government, including the Kremlin, see value in these types of influence operations, and consider them effective,” the assessment said.
Weeks ago, Reuters reported that a senior US State Department official said that Russia was “motivated to strengthen its influence on the US elections because of its success in promoting disinformation about the 2020 elections and the Covid-19 pandemic.”
The US Department of Justice said it had foiled a Kremlin-backed Russian plan aimed at spreading false information online in the United States, using artificial intelligence.
The plan aims to sow discord in the United States and advance the goals of the Russian government, including spreading disinformation about its war with Ukraine. Those responsible for implementing the plan used fake social media pages.
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On Monday, the US Department of Justice proposed new rules to protect federal government data and massive personal data of Americans from falling into the hands of countries such as China, Iran and Russia by placing new restrictions on certain commercial transactions.
Agence France-Presse reported that a network of dozens of websites that look like local news sites published a false claim that the Democratic Party was behind the assassination attempt on Trump last July.
These sites are owned by Dogan.
The Washington Post’s latest report said the documents revealed that “the liaison officer working with Dogan in Russian intelligence is highly visible in the group operating under the pseudonym (Yuri Khoroshevsky ), and that the officer’s real name is Yuri Khoroshevsky.
This officer serves in a unit that oversees sabotage, political interference, and electronic warfare activities aimed at the West, according to two European security officials who spoke to the paper. -news on condition of anonymity, to discuss sensitive information information.
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