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OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT
OpenAI disrupted a Russian-linked influence campaign that used ChatGPT accounts to promote a fake academic think tank called the International Burke Institute. The site stole and misattributed real academic work to appear legitimate and featured a "Burke Sovereignty Index" designed to make Russia look superior to Western nations. Operators took steps to hide Russian origins, but linguistic slip-ups revealed them. Overall reach was limited, though the campaign's infrastructure was notably sophisticated.
OpenAI Bans Russia-Linked ChatGPT Accounts Used in Covert Influence Campaign
Matched: Australia
OpenAI removed ChatGPT accounts tied to a Russian covert influence operation promoting the International Burke Institute, a fake Israeli expert community. Operators used VPNs to bypass Russia's access ban, prompting ChatGPT in Russian while requesting English output without detectable linguistic traces. Content spread across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack, and Telegram. Of 36 IBI articles, 34 were plagiarized and misattributed. A "sovereignty index" framed Western nations negatively while favoring Russia. Individual Telegram channels reached 10,000–20,000 followers.
Russian websites could soon be easy pickings for hackers as security certificates expire — banks, emails, and government systems all potentially at risk
Russia faces a cybersecurity crisis as SSL certificates for major websites, including banks, email services, and government systems, expire following Western sanctions that cut off access to foreign certificate authorities. Russia's proposed fix involves installing a state-controlled root certificate, but this would grant authorities the ability to intercept encrypted traffic, raising serious surveillance concerns. Many browsers don't trust the Russian alternative.