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U.S. Seizes Domains Used by AI-Powered Russian Bot Farm for Disinformation

ID: 8ad1c0d5-ba03-51a8-95a5-c9890db5ddc5

STIX ID: report--8ad1c0d5-ba03-51a8-95a5-c9890db5ddc5

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2024-07-12

Date Updated: 2026-05-08

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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U.S. and allied agencies uncovered a Kremlin‑sponsored, AI-driven influence campaign (Meliorator) run by RT affiliates and an FSB-associated actor that created and operated ~968 X accounts using domains mlrtr.com and otanmail.com and tools named Brigadir, Taras, and Faker to generate realistic personas, evade detection (proxy IPs, OTP capture), and disseminate pro‑Russian disinformation across multiple countries.

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