Ukraine busts bot farm spreading Russian infowar propaganda and frauds

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/20/ukraine_busts_russian_bot_farm/

"Ukrainian cops have disrupted a massive bot farm with more than 100
operators allegedly spreading fake news about the Russian invasion, leaking
personal information belonging to Ukrainian citizens, and instigating fraud
schemes.

After conducting 21 searches, the country's cyber and national police seized
computer equipment, mobile phones, more than 250 GSM gateways, and about
150,000 SIM cards.

"The Cyber Police established that the attackers used special equipment and
software to register thousands of bot accounts in various social networks …

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