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Meta took down over 20 covert influence operations in 2024, claims Russia biggest perpetrator

Meta intercepted over 500,000 attempts to misuse its AI tools for generating misleading images of political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, JD Vance, and Joe Biden in the month leading up to the US elections Meta’s security teams tackled a wide array of covert activities, including fake account networks and fabricated news websites designed to influence public discourse. …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Through the looking glass - ABC listen

ABC

As Alicia Bridges investigates the beginnings of an epic deception, she finds it spans across continents. Investigative strategies involving serious and organised crime whether covert or overt, are subject to significant planning and risk assessment processes. Victoria Police applies internal operating procedures to covert investigations, which include strict parameters and risk assessment processes including consideration of human rights. Victoria Police …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

OpenAI claims Israeli firm tried to disrupt Lok Sabha polls, peddled anti-BJP agenda

India Today

OpenAI claims it had disrupted covert operations that sought to use artificial intelligence models to influence elections in India in a bombshell revelation just four days before results are declared for the Lok Sabha polls. A threat intel report by OpenAI claims that a for-hire Israeli firm “began generating comments that focused on India, criticised the ruling BJP party and …

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1 year ago

Ex-US ambassador Victor Rocha accused of acting as covert agent for Cuba

Al Jazeera

Former ambassador to Bolivia charged for allegedly collaborating with Cuban intelligence services over several decades. The United States Department of Justice has charged a former US ambassador to Bolivia for allegedly working with Cuban intelligence services as an undercover agent for several decades. In court papers unsealed on Monday, the DOJ alleged that Victor Manuel Rocha had taken part in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: Martyrdom of Netaji and the National Covert Operation Day

India Today

After early morning Namaz, on last Friday, Maulana paid tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to celebrate his crusade that led India towards freedom and the partition in 1947. The Sahai Commission said that Gumnami Baba, who died at Ram Bhawan in Ayodhya on September 16, 1985 was not Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in disguise. In its report, the Sahai …

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1 year, 10 months ago

NHS ‘under threat’ from ‘covert privatisation’, says Stephen Fry

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

The covert winter wave of Covid-19

BBC

The covert winter wave of Covid-19 Getty Images The coronavirus that caused the pandemic has largely vanished from public discourse – but it's still causing deaths. "We've come to really pay attention when there are very large spikes," says Denis Nash, an epidemiologist at the City University of New York. "The people we’re seeing hospitalised tend to be those who …

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3 years, 5 months ago

With The U.S. Military Gone, The CIA Faces Tough Challenges In Afghanistan

NPR

With The U.S. Military Gone, The CIA Faces Tough Challenges In Afghanistan Enlarge this image toggle caption Rahmat Gul/AP Rahmat Gul/AP Just days after the Sept. 11 attacks, a handful of CIA officers were the first Americans sent into Afghanistan. But with the U.S. military all but gone from Afghanistan, and with the Taliban rapidly gaining ground on the battlefield, …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Mark Kennedy victim warns 'spy cops' law will not prevent future abuses by undercover agents