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Lai was among the politicians targeted by AI-generated propaganda. (Photo by Annice Lyn\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"70.315177154944\"><body readability=\"142.22553374409\"><\/p>\n<p>Hacking groups linked to the Chinese government are increasingly turning to deepfakes and other forms of AI-generated content when seeking to interfere in foreign elections, according to new<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/EastAsiaReport-Apr2024\"> research<\/a> from Microsoft published Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s influence campaigns still rely on old standbys, such as using fake social media and news accounts, to spread state-backed propaganda, inject false information into online discourse and attempt to amplify real divisions in American society. But China is also experimenting with newer tools to spread its preferred narratives abroad, including in Taiwan and the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, Microsoft observed disinformation actors linked to China posting AI-manipulated imagery to stoke conspiracy theories that the U.S. government intentionally caused a train derailment in Kentucky and wildfires in Maui, Hawaii in 2023. Some of the posts used AI-generated images of what Thursday\u2019s report described as \u201cburning coastal roads and residences to make the content more eye-catching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, Thursday\u2019s report does not conclude that AI represents a game-changer for disinformation as some experts fear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recent elections in Taiwan demonstrate the versatility of the technology in the realm of disinformation. There, Microsoft observed Chinese propaganda groups creating AI-generated news broadcasts complete with fake anchors to influence the island\u2019s elections. Some of these clips were generated using CapCut, an AI-powered editing tool owned by ByteDance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first time Microsoft Threat Intelligence has witnessed a nation state actor using AI content in attempts to influence a foreign election,\u201d the report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft observed a \u201ca notable uptick\u201d in content featuring Taiwanese political figures, and the most prominent politician targeted was Lai Ching-te, Taiwan\u2019s president-elect and a member of Taiwan\u2019s ruling pro-independence party. Lai was the subject of multiple AI-enabled deceptions, including AI-generated memes charging him and his party of corruption and AI-manipulated videos of a woman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjib.gov.tw\/news\/Details\/1\/953\"> claiming<\/a> Lai had multiple mistresses and illegitimate children.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Gou, a billionaire businessman, dropped out of the presidential race in November, but on election day audio of his voice emerged online purporting to endorse another candidate. Gou denied the authenticity of the audio, and Microsoft attributed the posting of the file, as well as a false letter attributed to Gou circulated days earlier, to the Chinese influence operation known as Spamouflage.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., Chinese influence campaigns have utilized sockpuppet social media accounts to conduct online polls on divisive issues, such as climate change, immigration and U.S. funding for Israel and Ukraine, and to impersonate American voters online. The use of online polls has increasingly focused on U.S. political issues, something Microsoft said may be an effort to better understand the American electorate and identify possible areas of exploitation ahead of the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last year, an annual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.odni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/NIC-Declassified-ICA-Foreign-Threats-to-the-2022-US-Elections-Dec2023.pdf\"> report<\/a> by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/foreign-threats-2022-midterm-elections-declassified-report\/\">claimed<\/a> that the Chinese government \u201ctacitly\u201d approved influence operations targeting a handful of races in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, attempting to boost candidates in both parties seen as friendly to Chinese interests and disparage those seen as critical. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. national security officials have pointed to the emergence of generative AI tools as a key difference between this election and past cycles, arguing that they can help generate disinformation content in greater volume and help bad actors overcome cultural barriers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the actors who would want to do malign influence aren\u2019t native English speakers, and so there will be things in their messaging that don\u2019t catch cultural errors, that don\u2019t catch grammatical errors,\u201d Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at the NSA, told reporters last month. \u201cAnd now GPT tools fix all of that, right? They can have one person cranking out a lot of material that sounds plausible and believable at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of influencing elections, Microsoft\u2019s report highlights how Beijing has expanded its hacking operations linked to intelligence collection. These operations aim to better understand the political processes of both friendly and hostile nations and steal sensitive technologies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One espionage hacking group, tracked by Microsoft as Gingham Typhoon (also known as APT40, TEMP.Periscope and Kryptonite Panda), was observed targeting a South Pacific island country in the summer of 2023. It\u2019s a region where the Chinese government has worked to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpri.org\/article\/2023\/08\/chinas-global-island-hopping-strategy\/\"> build up economic and security partnerships<\/a> as it seeks to expand its influence, and the group was seen targeting governments, IT companies, international organizations and critics with \u201ccomplex\u201d phishing campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which threat intelligence professionals have linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security, also has a history of targeting the United States. In 2021, the Department of Justice<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/four-chinese-nationals-working-ministry-state-security-charged-global-computer-intrusion\"> indicted<\/a> four Chinese nationals alleged to be part of APT40 for conducting broad hacking operations across the U.S. and other countries since 2011. U.S. officials accused the individuals of pilfering sensitive or valuable technologies from businesses and government organizations in the aviation, defense, education, government, maritime and health care sectors. <\/p>\n<p>Two other groups linked to China, tracked by Microsoft as Raspberry Typhoon and Flax Typhoon, have targeted and compromised telecommunications companies located in countries surrounding the South Asian Sea, including Taiwan. A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/business\/security-insider\/reports\/nation-state-reports\/digital-threats-from-east-asia-increase-in-breadth-and-effectiveness\/\"> report<\/a> last year from Microsoft described Flax Typhoon as \u201cthe most prominent threat group targeting the island of Taiwan,\u201d using its own bespoke VPN software to gain a foothold into victim telecommunications networks as well as Taiwanese aerospace contractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChinese state-affiliated cyber actors appeared particularly interested in targets related to the numerous US military drills conducted in the region,\u201d the new Microsoft report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Between June and December 2023 another espionage group, Nylon Typhoon (also known as APT15) was seen targeting government entities and IT companies in South America and Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile another group, which Microsoft calls Storm-0062, has been behind a \u201csurge\u201d in hacking activity targeting U.S. defense companies. At the same time Storm-0062 was seen exploiting a critical vulnerability in Atlassian\u2019s work collaboration tool Confluence in late 2023, Microsoft said the group was also hacking into U.S. companies that provide technical engineering in the aerospace, defense and natural resources sectors. During this time, Storm-0062 also targeted American military organizations, but it\u2019s not clear if they were successful.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.3767123287671\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chinese-hackers-turn-to-ai-to-meddle-in-elections-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. Johnson\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Derek B. 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Three New Hampshire voters sued a Democratic operative who admitted to creating an fake AI-generated robocall of President Joe Biden, as well as two companies that allegedly helped. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"1.9338842975207\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/new-hampshire-robocall-lawsuit\/\"> New Hampshire voters sue operative, companies behind Biden AI robocall <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> The complaint argues that the calls were an illegal attempt at voter suppression under the Voting Rights Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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(Photo by Mario Tama\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ai-election-wokers-training-deepfakes\/\"> Training days: How officials are using AI to prepare election workers for voting chaos <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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