Fake Facebook Posts Linked to China Election Influence: Expert
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Fake Facebook posts linked to China election influence: Expert
A cybersecurity expert has warned of a coordinated Facebook disinformation campaign, suspected to be a Chinese psychological warfare test run designed to build networks for manipulating information and influencing Taiwan's November local elections.
Facebook has recently seen a large-scale coordinated spamming campaign, with multiple fan pages simultaneously reposting old news such as "National Alert" and "Kaohsiung City Emergency Announcement" within minutes. Cybersecurity experts have discovered that 163 fan pages published a total of 383 posts, most of which were managed by individuals outside of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. The operating model is highly consistent with that of the Ch…
Facebook has recently seen a large-scale coordinated spamming, with multiple fan pages simultaneously reposting old news such as "National Alert" and "Kaohsiung City Emergency Announcement" within minutes. Cybersecurity experts have discovered that 163 fan pages published a total of 383 posts, most of which were managed by individuals outside of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China. The operating model is highly similar to that of the Chinese "Borderl…
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