Microsoft warned that Chinese state-affiliated actors are successfully impersonating United States voters.
In a Microsoft threat intelligence report published on Thursday, the organization warned of the increased abilities of Chinese and North Korean state actors to disrupt the U.S. and its allies. The report paid particular notice to Chinese social media campaigns, finding that they had gained the ability to impersonate U.S. voters and exert influence on the U.S. electoral system.
Despite the recognizable pattern, the users showed some sophistication, departing from previous behaviors that made them more obvious. The behavior of the accounts has caused Microsoft to believe the users are an elite group within the Chinese Ministry of Public Security called the 912 Special Project Working Group. The group is known to operate a troll farm and create fake online personas to target pro-democracy users.
"America would not exist without the long work of the black people. I think Biden is very extreme. In the coming days, if the black people continue to be discriminated against, whoever caused it will pay the price," the example post read.
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