Fronton botnet can launch trending disinformation campaigns
A Russian IoT botnet known as Fronton can use inauthentic coordinated behaviour to launch disinformation trends on social media.
“Trends” on social media platforms are how many people keep updated with what’s going on in the world. There’s growing awareness of not believing everything that’s posted under a trend – especially around developing events like terror attacks – but there’s often an acceptance that it’s trending because enough real people are posting...
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