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We create the world’s most detailed maps of social media landscapes and use our technology to analyze information flows online.

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Medbeds: The Social Media Scam Masquerading as a Miracle We observed social media accounts encouraging individuals to pay for alleged access to medbeds, capitalizing on vulnerability to turn a profit. Graphika is tracking the networks involved in these scam...

This National Consumer Protection Week, Graphika is highlighting a social media scam offering access to “medbeds,” a nonexistent technology without medical basis, touted as having “miracle” abilities to heal an array of ailments.

Learn how fraud networks are using promises of cures as lures below.

05.03.2026 21:43 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The distinction is incredibly important and we've taken steps to ensure this doesn't happen in the future.

05.03.2026 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi @nicolashenin.net! Thank you so much for bringing this error to our attention. This intelligence insight is part of our financial market threats coverage on the Graphika Platform but was mistakenly sent out via email under the scams and fraud template.

05.03.2026 18:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Clickbait evolved into AI slop — here's why it's more dangerous Once upon a time, someone had to personally type your scam

Spotting AI-generated imagery is a challenge for everyone - including for social media platforms and users that increasingly have to contend with it en masse.

@graphika.com spoke with @tomsguide.com for a new piece on the evolution of AI slop and how it surfaces for individuals.

05.03.2026 18:21 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Deepfakes, Noise, and Doubt: AI's Role in Three Recent Elections Graphika analysis from three recent elections shows how generative AI makes it easier for state-linked actors to produce high-volume, bilingual content tailored to local political contexts.

In the early months of 2026, #Graphika has monitored influence operations targeting elections in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Tibet.

Read on to learn about impacts of the wide availability of AI tools and challenges of flagging automated outputs before they spread.

04.03.2026 18:29 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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From fake nudes to fake quotes: AI deepfakes plagued Olympic athletes U.S. Olympians faced a surge of AI-generated harassment and political manipulation during the Milan Games. New reporting reveals how open-source AI models on platforms like 4chan and Telegram are bein...

#Graphika's latest report Abusing Athletes is featured in a new @cyberscoop.bsky.social story about Olympians and AI-generated content.

While online communities that generate and share non-consensual intimate imagery have been around for some time, AI image technologies have changed the game.

03.03.2026 17:12 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Graphika is kicking off our time in Orlando as a sponsor for the 2026 FS-ISAC Americas Spring Summit!

Stop by Booth 72 this week to learn about how we're turning online threats into coordinated action for financial institutions.

Sign up for a personalized demo: launch.graphika.com/finance-demo...

02.03.2026 15:44 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Abusing Athletes During the 2026 Winter Olympics, 4chan users used AI tools and LoRAs to create non-consensual intimate imagery targeting female Olympians, Graphika finds.

Graphika’s new report, Abusing Athletes, is out today.

Graphika's Cristina López G. found that during the 2026 Winter Olympics, users on the anonymous message board 4chan produced and shared AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) of multiple female Olympic athletes.

02.03.2026 11:25 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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Watch the Webinar On-Demand Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how scammers industrialize brand impersonation using coordinated networks, AI tactics, and multi-platform campaigns.

Missed our latest webinar?

You can still access Ask An Expert: How Scammers Impersonate Brands Across Platforms.

Learn more and access the replay now: graphika.com/reports/how-...

27.02.2026 20:19 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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What looks like isolated fraud or sudden market pressure is often part of a connected ecosystem operating across platforms.

At the FS-ISAC Americas Spring Summit next week, our session Mapping the Invisible Thread will explore how financial institutions can uncover these hidden connections.

27.02.2026 16:43 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Graphika is headed to Orlando next week as a sponsor for the 2026 FS-ISAC Americas Spring Summit!

Stop by Booth 72 to meet with our team and learn about how we're turning online threats into coordinated action for financial institutions.

To grab a demo slot: launch.graphika.com/finance-demo...

26.02.2026 22:05 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Everything Everywhere All at Once In June 2025, the long-standing tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into direct conventional warfare.

Graphika’s new report, Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Pro-Iran Playbook For Narrative Control (Part 2), is out today!

We analyzed actions of multiple pro-Iran actors in the information space to reveal a playbook used by pro-Iran actors to manage perceptions during and after war with Israel.

24.02.2026 16:29 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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🚨 Last chance to register! 🚨

Join us for this week's webinar, Ask An Expert: How Scammers Impersonate Brands Across Platforms.

Attendees will learn how fraudsters are using AI-generated reviews, in-platform messaging, and brand mimicry to deceive users: launch.graphika.com/how-scammers...

23.02.2026 20:29 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Have you secured your spot to Ask an Expert?

Join us next week to learn how scammers are industrializing brand impersonation with tactics that can target any organization—from Fortune 500 companies to emerging brands.

Register now and submit your questions: launch.graphika.com/how-scammers...

18.02.2026 21:20 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Glass Onion Graphika has uncovered a network of 43 domains and 37 subdomains that pushed pro-China messaging while posing as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, and other legitimate media o...

To access the full Glass Onion report: graphika.com/reports/glas...

17.02.2026 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 6: Glass Onion Researchers from Graphika dig into an ominous online opinion influence network operating out of China, spoofing western and Chinese media brands.

#Graphika pulled back the layers of a pro-China online ecosystem, uncovering a network of domains pushing pro-China messaging while posing as legitimate media outlets.

We recently sat down for the NetAskari podcast to discuss the findings from that research, detailed in our report Glass Onion.

17.02.2026 21:05 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Heartbreaking trend rocks Arizona: people in search of love losing $44M yearly Study reveals which states in the US are most prone to romantic scams and suffer financial loss.

Romance scams aren’t just heartbreaking — they’re costly...

In a new article from @cybernews.bsky.social, #Graphika Intelligence Specialist Angie Waller breaks down how these scammers build trust online before exploiting emotional connection for financial gain.

Read the full article to learn more!

14.02.2026 16:10 👍 11 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Slippery Slopes: Online Risk and the 2026 Winter Olympics Geopolitical tensions, ideological campaigns, and fraud schemes: Graphika maps online risks targeting the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Throughout the first half of #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026, #Graphika has been closely analyzing online communities and conversation topics surrounding the games using a broad set of categories to identify signals of risk.

For what we've observed so far, visit our blog: graphika.com/posts/slippe...

13.02.2026 15:39 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking for Love on All the Wrong Pages Romance Scammers Masquerade as Celebrities and Lonely Singles to Ensnare and Deceive Online Love Seekers

Romance scams have become a permanent feature in the online fraud landscape - and Valentine's Day presents the perfect opportunity for fraudsters to make their move.

To learn more and read our full report, released alongside industry partners at Meta: graphika.com/reports/look...

12.02.2026 15:03 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Fintech is grappling with advancements in generative AI that now mean entire social contexts - believable personas, coordinated communities, and fraudulent activity that appears real - are easily within reach for scammers.

👉 Read Graphika CEO Guyte McCord's column: fintechbloom.com/the-decline-...

11.02.2026 22:00 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Register now for a spot at our upcoming webinar, Ask An Expert: How Scammers Impersonate Brands Across Platforms.

Attendees will learn how scammers are industrializing brand impersonation with tactics that can target any organization: launch.graphika.com/how-scammers...

10.02.2026 16:47 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Slippery Slopes: Online Risk and the 2026 Winter Olympics Geopolitical tensions, ideological campaigns, and fraud schemes: Graphika maps online risks targeting the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Ahead of today's 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Graphika analyzed recent online communities and conversation topics surrounding the games using a broad set of categories to identify signals of risk.

To learn more, read the rundown on our blog: graphika.com/posts/slippe...

06.02.2026 16:38 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Decline Of The Transactional Signal: Why 2026 Is The Year Of “Synthetic Legitimacy” | Fintech Bloom The transaction just cleared all your standard checks. The user is verified, the device is trusted, everything looks normal. But it’s fraudulent. In the

In a new column for FinTech Bloom, #Graphika CEO @guytemccord.bsky.social explores why traditional transactional signals are losing power — and how synthetic legitimacy is emerging as a defining challenge for trust, risk, and fraud prevention.
👉 Read the full piece: fintechbloom.com/the-decline-...

04.02.2026 21:45 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Registration is now open for our upcoming webinar, Ask An Expert: How Scammers Impersonate Brands Across Platforms.

Join us on February 25 to learn how scammers are industrializing brand impersonation with tactics that can target any organization: launch.graphika.com/how-scammers...

03.02.2026 22:26 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Slippery Slopes: Online Risk and the 2026 Winter Olympics Geopolitical tensions, ideological campaigns, and fraud schemes: Graphika maps online risks targeting the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Sporting events like the Olympics are flash points for online threat actors driven by geopolitics, ideology, or opportunity to seek global attention.

#Graphika analyzed the past 60 days of online communities and conversation topics to identify signals of risk.

Read the full rundown on our blog.

03.02.2026 18:52 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Graphika's team is what makes our company such an incredible workplace.

And in our recent Great Place To Work certification, we learned that the vast majority of our employees agree.

Interested in learning more about working at Graphika? See our Careers page: graphika.com/careers

30.01.2026 16:41 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Watch the Webinar On-Demand An exclusive look at the vast network of inauthentic domains linked to China-based actors, revealing an operation far larger and more commercially complex than previously documented.

Missed our latest webinar? You can still access Ask An Expert: When PR Looks Like Press... Tracking China's Spoofed Media Domains.

Watch to learn about Graphika’s latest investigation into a sprawling network of spoofed media domains linked to China-based actors.
graphika.com/reports/when...

29.01.2026 21:17 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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30 companies, 3 PR pros, 43 domains—Graphika exposes the corporate network amplifying pro-China content globally. Read Glass Onion for the full picture: buff.ly/6Q27Bj6

#GraphikaReport

28.01.2026 14:02 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Registration closes today! 🚨

A limited number of spots remain for our webinar Ask An Expert: When PR Looks Like Press... Tracking China's Spoofed Media Domains.

Register now to submit your questions in advance: launch.graphika.com/when-pr-look...

27.01.2026 15:43 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Counterfeit NFL merch is being sold at scale.

We uncovered China-based websites using SharePoint exploits, public forums, and AI-generated reviews to market fake NFL apparel and popular brands.

Read the full insight: buff.ly/mhREGUp

#NFL #Counterfeit #Fraud #BrandProtection #CyberIntel

26.01.2026 22:30 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0