Cyberdudebivash

  Executive Snapshot What’s CopyCop? A Russia-linked influence network of inauthentic “local news” and “fact-checking” websites that mass-produces AI-generated and AI-rewritten stories to push pro-Kremlin narratives, often plagiarizing legitimate outlets and remixing content to fit local contexts. First profiled at scale in 2024, it has since expanded significantly in 2025 . Recorded Future +1 What changed in 2025: Researchers report 200+ new fake sites (often posing as local media, political parties, or fact-checkers) across the US, France, Canada, Norway, Armenia and more—some content includes deepfakes and long “dossiers” meant to embarrass targets. Recorded Future +2 The Register +2 Why it works: Cheap, scalable LLMs and cloned brand aesthetics make propaganda look like local reporting ; the network repackages legitimate news with subtle bias, then cross-posts it across a constellation of sites for algorithmic lift. The Economist Attribution signals: Open-...