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Suspicions of Russian interference: the Olympics targeted, the Kremlin reacts
Coffins in front of the Eiffel Tower, tags on the Shoah Memorial, video montage denigrating the Paris Olympic Games… Suspicions of Russian interference in France grew stronger on Tuesday June 4, while Moscow forcefully denied the accusations.
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Coffins in front of the Eiffel Tower, tags on the Shoah Memorial, video montage denigrating the Paris Olympic Games… Suspicions of Russian interference in France grew stronger on Tuesday June 4, while Moscow forcefully denied the accusations.
Five coffins placed on Saturday June 1 in front of the Eiffel Tower. A flag placed on it, accompanied by a few words: “French soldiers of Ukraine”. Red hands sprayed on the wall of the Shoah Memorial. These two operations are allegedly the result of Russian interference. Tuesday June 4, an accusatory report from Microsoft points the finger at cybermalicious groups spreading false information about the security of the Paris Olympic Games.
In a video, artificial intelligence (AI) uses the appearance and voice of actor Tom Cruise to denigrate the Olympics. A montage attributed according to Microsoft to the Russian group Storm-1679. “We have seen an increase in Russian activity in the use of deepfakes”said Brad Smith, President of Microsoft. “In recent months, they have not targeted the European elections so much as the Paris Olympic Games”, he stressed. In Moscow on Tuesday morning, the Kremlin denounced “a Russophobic campaign in France”. “This is nothing but pure slander.”criticized Dmitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Kremlin.
