( Observer Network News) Within a week, a fake Kiev mayor "Klitschko" deceived the Berlin mayor, Vienna mayor, Madrid mayor, and got together with three of them. The two people had a video call respectively. The mayor of Berlin cut off the call after realizing something was wrong. The mayor of Vienna did not notice the whole process. After ending the call, he officially announced the call between the two on his personal social media. After he was found to have been deceived, he deleted the post. .
At present, it is not clear who planned the incident, but the real mayor of Kiev Klitschko blamed Russia for the incident, believing that Russia was "slandering Ukrainian politicians through fake news."
According to Deutsche Welle, a spokesperson for Berlin Mayor Franziska Gieffe said that on the day of the incident, the conversation between the two parties started on a regular basis. "Klitschko" asked about Germany's plan to deal with refugees, but he Suddenly they talked about some Ukrainians trying to obtain social welfare in Berlin, and they also hoped that the German police could take immediate action to ask young Ukrainian refugees to return to Ukraine to join the war. When talking about this, Ji Fei became suspicious.
"Klitschko"'s last question was even more bizarre. He talked about gay rights and asked Giffe if Germany could support Kiev as a consultant in organizing something similar to "Christopher Street Day" (CSD, Christopher Street Day), which is popular among some LGBT groups in Europe. A spokesperson for
felt that it was very strange to ask this question in the context of war. According to the Berlin mayor's office, at this point in the call, the German side took the initiative to interrupt the call. The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany later confirmed that Klitschko had not had a video call with Giffey.
On the 25th local time, Berlin officials released a picture of the call between "Klitschko" and Jiffy on the day of the incident, pointing out that there was no evidence that the video conference was not with a real person, and that the other party looked exactly like Klitschko. , so obviously, this is a deep fake (Deepfake, also refers to deep face-changing technology) incident. The local police have launched an investigation into the matter.
According to The Washington Post reported that on Friday local time, the Mayor of Madrid, the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, also interrupted a video call with a man who claimed to be "Klitschko". A report has been made to the police.
This Wednesday, Austria Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, also had a call with the imposter "Klitschko", but he did not interrupt the call because he did not find anything suspicious. On that day, he also made a special post after the call between the two, saying that he had spoken with Klitschko and introduced that the other party was a professional boxer. Later, he deleted the post. Soon, Vienna officials reported that the mayor seemed to be the victim of a "serious cybercrime ."
At present, it is not clear who manipulated the imposter incident, but the real Kiev Mayor Klitschko hinted that Russia manipulated the incident. He wrote on his personal social media, "Friends, in order for Ukraine to quarrel with its European partners and then get no help, the enemy has not let up and is waging war on all fronts, especially to discredit Ukrainian politicians through fake news."
Klee Chinco also said that one of the topics he will discuss at the NATO summit next week is "Russian-style hybrid warfare, including disinformation." The NATO Summit will be held in Madrid, Spain, from June 29 to 30. According to TASS report, on the 25th local time, anti-war activists held an "anti-NATO summit" outside the Madrid NATO Summit venue. Protest organizer Enri Gram Cantilla believes that NATO does not promote international security, but instead continues to create wars.
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