Experts say there is no evidence that Russian trolls have been affected by Ukraine’s Yandex attacks.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/73193700

Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them.

Researchers from dTeam, a US-based group that tracks Moscow-linked influence operations, told BBC Verify there has not been “any traffic change from known Russian accounts and bot clusters on any platform”.

Bots linked to pro-Kremlin influence operations like Storm-1516 and Matryoshka - both of which BBC Verify has previously reported on - were still active on social media on Tuesday, evidence shared with BBC Verify by dTeam shows.

  • inari@piefed.zipEnglish
    325·
    1 day ago

    tldr: no, fake bot accounts were not affected, only bots like Yandex search engine crawlers

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      1 day ago

      They did not say fake bot accounts were not affected.

      They did clarify that they meant search crawlers and the like. Those things are not the same.