⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory'nA pro-Russian propaganda network, possibly related to the Portal Kombat network, is active on numerous ActivityPub services.

[iftas@mastodon.iftas.org]

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory

A pro-Russian propaganda network, possibly related to the Portal Kombat network, is active on numerous ActivityPub services.

We are directly contacting affected services, but all admins should check for the accounts listed below, likely created after September 8.

Based on 166 BlueSky accounts identified and shared to us by Antibot4Navalny:

Common usernames:
indiereports
alt-mirror
iskand3r
kaconi
altnews
infogram
ukrdef
artvara

Full list at https://connect.iftas.org/library/iftas-documentation/spam-fediverse-services/

[iftas@mastodon.iftas.org]

Update:

Spam accounts continue to be created and volunteers are flagging them as we find them.

Roughly 80% of observed accounts have been taken down, and the observed usernames list is being updated daily (see above for link).

If you see a report for an account you believe to be a false positive, please let us know.