A Russian threat actor with low technical skills ran a 5-year influence operation and crypto theft campaign — and his entire setup ran on a jailbroken AI. No advanced malware. No nation-state resources. Just a jailbroken Gemini CLI, stolen API keys, and a Python pipeline he named “Quantum Patriot.”
In this video I break down how bandcampro built an automated disinformation machine, stood up C2 infrastructure, brute-forced 29 WordPress admin accounts, and drained at least one crypto wallet — all while posing as a military veteran on Telegram.
Source: TrendAI Research, May 2026
In this video I break down how bandcampro built an automated disinformation machine, stood up C2 infrastructure, brute-forced 29 WordPress admin accounts, and drained at least one crypto wallet — all while posing as a military veteran on Telegram.
Source: TrendAI Research, May 2026
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