Covert Russian Group (Storm-1516) posts fake video of sexual assault by Senate candidate Talarico.
Russian influence operations appear to be stepping up efforts to meddle in the midterms. Most are targeting Democrats.
The covert group peddled a similar unfounded accusation against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota in 2024.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/us/texas-senate-race-russia-influence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://archive.ph/dwq6k#selection-8457.98-8457.108
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RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/post/3myjyn3nqyk2a
Anonymous has more details on foreign covert operations, mostly from Storm-1516 and Matryoshka, that are targeting elections in the U.S. and in France.
https://fosstodon.org/@[email protected]/117489809248268556
https://fosstodon.org/@[email protected]/117489689402626853
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Russian operatives used AI-generated videos to falsely accuse Texas Senate candidate James Talarico of sexual assaulting a former student. A smear campaign was led by Storm-1516. Russian operation's deepfake a...
Bluesky SocialAnonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social)Russian operatives used AI-generated videos to falsely accuse Texas Senate candidate James Talarico of sexual assaulting a former student. A smear campaign was led by Storm-1516.
https://www.yacnews.com/russian-operations-deepfake-accused-talarico-of-assaulting-a-pupil-a-day-after-texas-early-voting-opened/
