A Russian hacker tricked a 17,000-strong MAGA Telegram channel with a jailbroken AI for over 5 years, leading to fraud,…

• Russian hacker tricked MAGA Telegram channel with fake 'American Patriot' profile
• Threat actor used jailbroken Google Gemini AI for five years
• Channel became a hub for fraud, credential theft, and cryptocurrency harvesting

A Telegram containing more than 17,000 members has been identified as a huge hub of fraud, credential theft, and cryptocurrency harvesting.

The channel was being run by a single Russian-speaking threat actor who used AI to pose as an American military veteran to attract a crowd from the QAnon and MAGA communities.

Trend Micro discovered the threat actor’s infrastructure and operational environment. The threat actor managed to jailbreak Google Gemini to remove safeguards, and ran an AI-assisted credential theft campaign.

Fake American Patriot profile tricks tens of thousands

The public Telegram channel, called @americanpatriotus, weaponized the political alignment of the MAGA and QAnon community by sharing news and opinions on military service, constitutional patriotism, gun ownership, American...

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