Ukraine takes down 1,000,000 bots used for disinformation

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Just a bright spot in the gloom:

“The Ukrainian cyber police (SSU) has shut down a massive bot farm of 1,000,000 bots used to spread disinformation on social networks.

“The goal of the bot farm was to discredit information coming from official Ukrainian state sources, destabilize the social and political situation in the country, and create internal strife.

“The messages spread by the bots were in line with Russian propaganda, so the operators of the disinformation machine are believed to be members of the Russian special services.”

(Take THAT, Pootie!)

More at: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-takes-down-1-000-000-bots-used-for-disinformation/

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