US EditionBulgaria Cyber ‘Elves’ Fight Kremlin and Cruelty
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Bulgaria cyber ‘elves’ fight Kremlin and cruelty
SOFIA: A Bulgarian group of dozens of cyber activists at first clubbed together to battle Russian disinformation, but they have since found other foes — like animal abusers. They call themselves the BG Elves, which both refers to the kind-hearted characters of Scandinavian mythology and hints at a rivalry with the Internet’s malicious trolls. The collective of about 70
Bulgaria cyber 'elves' fight Kremlin and cruelty
A Bulgarian group of dozens of cyber activists at first clubbed together to battle Russian disinformation, but they have since found other foes — like animal abusers. They call themselves the BG Elves, which both refers to the kind-hearted characters of Scandinavian mythology and hints at a rivalry with the internet’s malicious trolls. The collective of about 70 anonymous cyber security experts have made a name for themselves by creating problem…
Initially, these Bulgarian cybermilitants wanted to counter Russian propaganda. But Petko Petkov, the only public face of the collective, is very proud of their last blast: to have exposed torturers of animals acting on the internet. They call themselves the army of the "Elfs", in which they...
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