新闻来源：www.cbsnews.com
原文地址：Deepfake targets Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenksa with false claim she bought Bugatti
新闻日期：2024-07-09
一项新的深度合成视频声称，乌克兰第一夫人奥莱娜·泽连斯卡购买了一辆价值480万美元的宾利（Bugatti）运动型汽车，在社交媒体上已获得数百万次观看。
研究人员称这是俄罗斯信息操作的一部分，旨在削弱西方对乌克兰的支持。CBS 新闻确认该视频使用了人工智能技术制作。视频中一个自称是法国豪车经销商员工的人声称这是“独家”信息，但他很少转动脖子、眨眼且头部几乎不动，这些特征表明他可能经过了AI处理。
该视频在社交媒体上已获得超过20万次观看，X和Telegram均未回复评论请求。TikTok 一名发言人在回应CBS 新闻时称，他们的政策不允许可能会造成误导的信息，并会删除违反这些标准的内容。
据研究人员称，这个视频的早期版本曾在法国网站“隐藏真相”上发布，该网站于7月1日刊登了相关文章。威胁情报公司 Recorded Future 的分析师将此网站与一个名为 CopyCop 的俄罗斯信息操作网络联系起来，后者使用假新闻网站和AI工具发布虚假信息以实现其影响目标。
宾利巴黎（由Autofficina Parigi运营）表示已就该视频向分享者提起刑事诉讼并索赔，同时称该发票并非他们所有，并指出其中的错误表明它可能是伪造的，包括缺少必要的法律细节和车辆价格错误等信息。
俄罗斯信息操作网络此前曾散布关于乌克兰总统泽连斯基及其家人的类似虚假信息，包括他购买了两艘价值数百万美元的豪华游艇以及奥莱娜·泽连斯卡在纽约卡地亚（Cartier）珠宝店花费超过100万美元的信息。
一家网络安全公司的高级威胁智能分析师克莱门特·布里恩表示，关于腐败的虚假故事旨在削弱西方对乌克兰的支持，并“动摇人们对领导人、机构和国际联盟的信任”。
俄罗斯信息操作专家、南卡罗来纳州克莱姆森大学教授达伦·林维尔称这些虚假信息“是为一个特定受众设计的，他们愿意听到并会传播”。
原文摘要：
A new deepfake video that falsely claims the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, purchased a $4.8 million Bugatti sports car has racked up millions of views on social media, CBS News has found. The video is part of a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at degrading Western support for Ukraine, researchers said. CBS News determined the video was created using artificial intelligence. It shows a man claiming to be a French luxury car dealership employee sharing “exclusive” information about the fabricated sale. The man doesn’t move his neck, rarely blinks and his head barely moves — telltale signs of being manipulated using AI.The video was amplified by Russian disinformation networks across social media platforms, racking up over 20 million views on X, Telegram and TikTok. X and Telegram did not respond to a request for comment. A TikTok spokesperson told CBS News their policies do not allow misinformation that may cause harm and the company removes content that violates these guidelines.While it’s not clear who created the video, an early version of it appeared in an article on a French website called Verite Cachee — or in English, Hidden Truth — on July 1. Researchers from threat intelligence company Recorded Future linked the website to a Russian disinformation network they call CopyCop, which uses sham news websites and AI tools to publish false claims as part of influence campaigns. The article included a fabricated invoice purporting to be from Bugatti to dupe readers further. Bugatti Paris — which is operated by Autofficina Parigi, a Car Lovers Group company — said it had filed a criminal complaint against people who shared the video and forged the invoice. Car Lovers Group said the invoice is not theirs, and it contains errors that show it’s fabricated, including the lack of required legal details and an incorrect price for the vehicle. Russian disinformation networks have spread similar false claims about Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his family in the past year, including a false claim that he bought two luxury yachts for millions of dollars, and a false claim that Zelenska bought over $1 million worth of jewelry at Cartier in New York City.Clément Briens, a senior threat intelligence analyst for cybersecurity company Recorded Future, told CBS News that false stories about corruption are created to undermine Western support for Ukraine and “erode trust in the leaders, their institutions, and international alliances.”The falsehoods play into existing concerns and documented reports about corruption in Ukraine, researchers say.Darren Linvill, a Russian disinformation expert and professor at Clemson University in South Carolina, said the false claims are “framed for a very particular audience that wants to hear and is ready to hear that and repeat it.”Linvill said the narratives have managed to gain traction online, despite being debunked — likely because of the cost and status of the brand used by the network. “I think Bugatti has something to do with it,” he said.
