// IN TODAY’S EDITION
OpenAI busts Russian, Iranian info ops
Army activates fourth Multi-Domain Task Force
Ethiopia and Eritrea trade invasion accusations
Houthi missile hits Riyadh airport
FBI arrests another ShinyHunters suspect
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OpenAI Disrupts Russian and Iranian Influence Operations Built on a Fake Think Tank and Journalists
OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts behind a Russian influence operation that ran a fake Latin American think tank with an invented director, Mia Clark, and local writers who apparently did not know who they worked for.
The group forged emails and audio to turn opinion against Ukraine in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, OpenAI said. A separate Iranian network invented seven Western journalists and placed nearly 100 articles about the US-Iran war in small outlets. Read
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The Army activated its fourth Multi-Domain Task Force at Fort Carson, Colorado. The unit, built to knock out enemy air defenses and command networks across the Indo-Pacific with HIMARS launchers, high-altitude drones and electronic jamming, has about 900 soldiers and will grow to about 2,100. Read
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Drones believed to be Ethiopian struck Eritrean troops near Adigrat in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Ethiopia told the UN Security Council that Eritrea had launched an "all-out invasion" up to 37 miles deep, while Eritrea accused Ethiopia of trying to seize its port of Assab. Read
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A Houthi missile attack hit Riyadh's main airport, destroying an empty Saudia jet and killing three people, including a Saudia pilot. More than 300 flights were canceled, and several foreign airlines suspended service to the Saudi capital. Read
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A California couple was charged with abusing children born to them through surrogates, with prosecutors alleging at least 15 children, some just 2 months old, were harmed at their Arcadia home. Both pleaded not guilty and are held on $20 million bail each. Read
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The FBI arrested another key suspect in the ShinyHunters hack of its jobs website. The New York Times reported the suspect is a Canadian citizen arrested in Pennsylvania. Samples of the stolen data include employees' Social Security numbers and home addresses. Read
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The FBI seized seven domains used by China-linked hackers. The tools, run by Chinese contractor and tied to the Flax Typhoon group, scanned a South Carolina power company and airports in Japan and Poland, and breached Taiwanese universities. Read
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