HelpRussiatwo officersRussiaThe comedian recently made video calls to foreign officials posing as the former US ambassador to Russia. The researchers said this was in line with Russia’s disinformation campaign to mislead top Western officials following the outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine war.
Agence France-Presse reported that the two actors were Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, and that their stage names were Vovan and Lexus.
He has always abused politicians and celebrities of various countries, from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former British Prime Minister Johnson (Boris Johnson) to British singer Elton John (Elton John).
Voven and Lex, once dubbed Russia’s answer to the “Jerky Boys,” long denied any ties to Russian officials, but now it appears they may have gone from mere prankster duo to the Kremlin. Supporters have shifted to information warfare equipment.
Cybersecurity researchers point out that since the Russian invasionukraineSince the start of the war in North America and Europe, officers who have been more prominent critics of Russia have been betrayed by Vovan and Lex with increased frequency.
“Attention, people using the phone number +1 (202) 7549885 are impersonating me,” Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador to Moscow, tweeted last September.
“If you use this number to connect to an audio-visual platform, you will see a “deepfake” technology performed by artificial intelligence, in which the fake character looks and talks like me, but it’s not me Yes, this is Russia’s new weapon of war.”
McFaul also said that the scammers asked questions “clearly designed to undermine Ukraine’s diplomatic and combat efforts.”
Proofpoint, a California-based security firm, said its internal analysts assessed with a “high degree of confidence” that it was the work of Warvan and Lex, whose network is codenamed TA499.
A company researcher told reporters: “For a while, TA499 pretended to be McFall in an attempt to gain access to high-level international officials.”
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