Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka
Date: 2025-02-07
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Matryoshka, Operation Overload, Russian Linked Disinformation Network, Storm 1679, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1061: Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Matryoshka, Operation Overload, Russian Linked Disinformation Network, Storm 1679, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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