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Ukraine busts alleged Russian bot farm spreading false bomb threats
Ukraine's Security Service shut down a bot farm in Lviv that used thousands of SIM cards and GSM gateways to manage 18,000 fake accounts. The bots spread false information about bomb threats to cause panic. Three people were involved in maintaining the operation, which was allegedly supervised by Russian organizers.
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