Heads up! 🚨
With the pending election & ops in full force, there's been an increase in the infiltration of bot accts.
Bots may be benign but their directive can be changed & they have full access to your acct if not blocked.
Some being followed are having functional difficulties
With the pending election & ops in full force, there's been an increase in the infiltration of bot accts.
Bots may be benign but their directive can be changed & they have full access to your acct if not blocked.
Some being followed are having functional difficulties
Some bot accts are old & are hacked or purchased, some are new.
When did they start tweeting?
Does it make sense for when the acct was created?
Who do they follow? Who follows them?
They are usually connected to a botnet.
What's a botnet?
Find out here.
usa.kaspersky.com/resource-cente…
When did they start tweeting?
Does it make sense for when the acct was created?
Who do they follow? Who follows them?
They are usually connected to a botnet.
What's a botnet?
Find out here.
usa.kaspersky.com/resource-cente…
Once you learn what to look for, bot accts are easily identified. 🤖🤖
Some have the plain NPC pfp like @imehran1997 & have 0 or a few tweets. Others like @BriyarKhodayar are slightly more developed and have been given a pfp.
They should ALL be blocked if they are following you.
Some have the plain NPC pfp like @imehran1997 & have 0 or a few tweets. Others like @BriyarKhodayar are slightly more developed and have been given a pfp.
They should ALL be blocked if they are following you.
What are they tweeting?
Look at the Tweets, Replies & Likes
This gives you more info than just tweets alone.
Look for likes that don't comport with claimed stances.
Check out their media as well.
Here is a "like" bot @YasharSalehi7
More likes than tweets.
us.norton.com/blog/emerging-…
Look at the Tweets, Replies & Likes
This gives you more info than just tweets alone.
Look for likes that don't comport with claimed stances.
Check out their media as well.
Here is a "like" bot @YasharSalehi7
More likes than tweets.
us.norton.com/blog/emerging-…
Some bots have gotten harder to spot.
Most are conversational.
Many push disinformation.
Many fake bot accts are manned full or part-time.
Many automated accounts only retweet/like.
Many troll-bots only reply.
#VetYourFollows
Read more here:
nice.com/guide/rpa/what….
Most are conversational.
Many push disinformation.
Many fake bot accts are manned full or part-time.
Many automated accounts only retweet/like.
Many troll-bots only reply.
#VetYourFollows
Read more here:
nice.com/guide/rpa/what….
Propaganda troll-bots are out in force. 🤖🤖
Watch for them in candidate and #op tweet replies.
Russia, China & Iran are here.
Be critical when looking at tweets.
Bot accounts tend to be triggered by keywords/hashtags & engage with boilerplate responses.
internetofbusiness.com/propaganda-bot…
Watch for them in candidate and #op tweet replies.
Russia, China & Iran are here.
Be critical when looking at tweets.
Bot accounts tend to be triggered by keywords/hashtags & engage with boilerplate responses.
internetofbusiness.com/propaganda-bot…
With the disinfo & bot accts we are facing in 2022 & 2024 everyone needs to be cautious.
Anon ops are being targeted. They use hashtags to find us. #OpIran, etc.
It's important to examine the accts who are following you. You take them with you everywhere you go, as they do you.
Anon ops are being targeted. They use hashtags to find us. #OpIran, etc.
It's important to examine the accts who are following you. You take them with you everywhere you go, as they do you.
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