Maasranga TV's Instagram hacked, fake AI videos posted

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA television channel in Bangladesh says its own Instagram account was hacked overnight, and five unauthorised posts went up on the verified page.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMaasranga Television says the images and videos were fabricated with artificial intelligence.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFact-checkers found the videos were manipulated, and reporting does not establish who uploaded them.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive posts, two of them fake videos.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Prothom Alo coverage says they carried the names of two Bangladeshi actresses, and Rumor Scanner says they were made with face-swap technology.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA verified account, Kenji. The little blue tick. It was the one thing we all agreed meant something.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Observer BD reports the posts stayed up until eleven in the morning on Tuesday. The channel's multimedia manager says it is preparing legal action.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, until Tuesday?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYes. And the actresses whose names were attached were not in those videos. That is the part that matters.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFirst a news channel's account is hijacked, then nobody can trust a single video. Here we go.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe fakes got more attention than the channel's real posts ever did. The hackers had better engagement than the newsroom.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the end of civilisation arrives with a face swap and a verified badge. I'd have preferred a comet.