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Russian disinformation campaign targets Stalker 2, claims that it steals personal data to draft players into the Ukraine war

The first-person-shooter game, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, is reportedly being targeted by a Russian disinformation operation. They’re claiming that the game scans players’ computers and geo-locates them on behalf of the Ukraine government in a bid to “locate citizens suitable for mobilization”. The Russian disinformation campaign is spreading a fake short-form video that wrongly claims that the game is being used to enlist Ukrainian soldiers by collecting personal data from players. The one-minute-long video, which falsely bears the Wired watermark, was being circulated on social media and directly emailed to different journalist websites in an attempt to generate disinformation surrounding Stalker 2.

 

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