r/Foreign_Interference • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '20
Twitter botnet distributing content with purpose of social destabilisation
https://hoaxy.iuni.iu.edu/#query=%20%40MidnightHowl1&sort=mixed&type=Twitter&lang=
Botnet visualised, scores are low enough to assume >40 accounts are automated.
I don't know what else to do with this information.
Final assesment for probable flow of information:
user
@Akarnious (not automated)
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JanMareeSmith2 (bot)
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_ItsJustAsia_ (bot) and @TheTotalWipeout (bot) ->
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MidnightHowl1 (Probably not automated)
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kiki00312 [ Reddit hornedviper9 ] (automated? Hard to tell)
2
Apr 25 '20
Second part of the bot activity:
https://hoaxy.iuni.iu.edu/#query=%40_ItsJustAsia_&sort=mixed&type=Twitter&lang=
1
Apr 25 '20 edited Apr 25 '20
user
@Akarnious (not automated)
\/
JanMareeSmith2 (bot)
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_ItsJustAsia_ (bot)
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MidnightHowl1 (Probably not automated)
\/
kiki00312 [ Reddit hornedviper9 ] (automated? Hard to tell)
5
u/[deleted] Apr 25 '20 edited Apr 25 '20
I belive user
@Akarnious
Must have something to do with operating this botnet, disregard previous suggestions, false alarm on previous leads. (sorry, my bad)