Chinese-Controlled Bot Army Tries To Influence US Voters: Microsoft Report

Chinese-Controlled Bot Army Tries To Influence US Voters: Microsoft Report

An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft. The operation represents a coordinated interference effort against down ballot races, experts say, in which the fake accounts are denigrating Representative Barry Moore…

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Chinese Hackers Breached US Court Wiretap Systems: Report

Chinese Hackers Breached US Court Wiretap Systems: Report

Chinese hackers accessed the networks of US broadband providers and obtained information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized wiretapping, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Verizon Communications, AT&T and Lumen Technologies are among the telecoms companies whose networks were breached by the recently discovered intrusion, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with…

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