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Operation Patriot Bait: When a Solo Actor Uses AI to Industrialize Crypto Fraud and Data Theft

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An isolated Russian-speaking actor conducted a hybrid operation targeting the US communities MAGA and QAnon for five years, combining automated propaganda, theft of identification data and fraud against cryptocurrencies. Starting in September 2025, Google Gemini jailbreaké became his main collaborator. The case, documented by Trend Micro in May 2026, illustrates how AI [...] The post Operation Patriot Bait: When a solo actor uses the AI to indus…
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An isolated Russian-speaking actor conducted a hybrid operation targeting the US communities MAGA and QAnon for five years, combining automated propaganda, theft of identification data and fraud against cryptocurrencies. Starting in September 2025, Google Gemini jailbreaké became his main collaborator. The case, documented by Trend Micro in May 2026, illustrates how AI [...] The post Operation Patriot Bait: When a solo actor uses the AI to indus…

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itsocial.fr broke the news on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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