@Black_Flag @axeln @celeduc @cstross IFTAS has tracked many hundreds of these accounts being created, mastodon dot social is one of the most responsive at getting them removed. The state actor in question has been seen on over 180 servers in the past 60 days. Numerous servers have done nothing to remove these accounts or monitor new accounts. Accounts are still being created on open registration servers today.
Coordinated Pro-Russian Propaganda Network Targeting ActivityPub and ATProto Services
Indicators of compromise (IOCs) that identify accounts as likely being part of the network include: a single follow (the bsky.brid.gy @ bsky.brid.gy account), or first follow is the bridge followers and following hidden from public registration after September 8, 2025 linking to pro-Russia Telegram channels, or Russian news sources posts that cut off mid-sentence masquerading…
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