Independent media, Naizhedin, and media Sobchak announced a bot…
Independent media, Naizhedin, and media Sobchak announced a bot attack on their accounts. Several Russian media outlets reported on September 13 and 14 that the number of subscribers in their Telegram channels had sharply increased due to empty accounts, which could later be used as a pretext for blocking.
Coverage (4 sources)
- Independent media suspected of coordinated bot attack on their telegram channels Immediately several independent publications and a politician who left Russia recorded an anomalous surge in subscribers in their telegram channels over the last 24 hours — thousands of similar ones... — SOTAvision
- Independent media, Naidezhdin and media Sobchak claim bot attack on their accounts — Север.Реалии
- Independent media, Naidezhdin and media Sobchak claim bot attack on their accounts — Сибирь.Реалии
- Independent media suspected of coordinated bot attack on their telegram channels — SOTAvision
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