Russian propagandists with the voice of Tom Cruise try to disrupt the Olympics - nyt

Three and eight fake videos are distributed weekly on the network, which is about preparing for terrorist attacks. In their videos, propagandists use the logos of American and French special services. Russia, which cannot participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Paris under its flag, launched a campaign for misinformation against competitions, intimidation of participants of viewers and residents of France. About it writes The New York Times with reference to the Microsoft report.

Corporation experts have found that propagandists have created a documentary, parody news reports and fake warnings on behalf of French and American intelligence agencies to scare people from visiting games. The misinformation campaign was organized by the Storm-1679 group. It has been intensified since March and spreads panic through short videos about possible terrorist attacks. American and French special services are tracking this activity.

Storm-1679 also tries to attract the facts of the checkers to check their applications in order to draw even more attention to their counterfeit. French officials are preparing for possible cyberattacks, given the previous experience of Russian hackers attacks on the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Official Paris has increased the level of terrorist threat after recent attacks and threats. Storm-1679 produces three to eight fake videos weekly in English and French, responding quickly to news.

The video uses CIA logos and French intelligence to look plausible. French and American officials assure that safety precautions at the Olympic Games are significantly increased and there is no reason to avoid visiting them. Bellingcat investigators have not yet determined whether Storm-1679 is supported by the Russian government or an independent group. "It can be a prize 2.

0 that performs work on the Kremlin, or a pro -Russian blogger with excessive imagination, which does it for the sake of high; Serious propaganda activity began last summer. Then there was a fake documentary about the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The tape used Netflix logo and the voice of actor Tom Cruise, which was created with the help of artificial intelligence. IOC has achieved a movie removal from YouTube. We will remind, on July 26 in Paris the summer Olympic Games will start.