A Russian group pretended to be the African Union Commission in an attempt to dupe IOC president Thomas Bach, says the IOC.
Olympic president Thomas Bach has been targeted by hoax phone calls from a Russian group pretending to be the African Union Commission, says the International Olympic Committee .
"Fake calls purporting to be from the African Union Commission appear to have been made by the very same group that has already attacked a number of global political leaders and other high-ranking personalities in the same way," said the IOC in a statement. In September, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was caught out by Russian hoaxers in a phone call and made unguarded comments about international fatigue with the conflict in Ukraine.it had been a target of "fake news posts" and "fake information" which had included a documentary series narrated by an AI-generated voice purporting to be Hollywood actor Tom Cruise.
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