Graphika分析师报告称，被称为“Spamouflage”的影响力行动在中期选举前处于活跃状态。
Analysts at Graphika report that the influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections.
迪迪·唐 华盛顿 —— 分析师表示，这个长期运行的被称为“Spamouflage”的影响力行动在中期选举前处于活跃状态，据信与中国有关联的账号冒充美国选民，发布关于美国政治、社会问题和选举的分裂性内容。
DIDI TANG WASHINGTON — The long-running influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections with accounts likely linked to China posing as U.S. voters and posting divisive content about U.S. politics, social issues and the elections, analysts say.
总部位于纽约、追踪在线网络的公司Graphika周五发布的一篇博客文章称，该公司在X平台上识别出与“Spamouflage”有关联的活动，其手法与2024年美国总统大选前记录在案的战术非常相似。
In a blog posted on Friday, Graphika, a New York-based firm that tracks online networks, said it had identified Spamouflage-linked activity on X that closely resembles tactics documented in 2024 ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Graphika博客文章称：“这些账号发布的内容质疑选举诚信和美国民主的合法性。”
“The accounts post content questioning election integrity and the legitimacy of U.S. democracy,” the Graphika blog said.
情报和国家安全官员长期以来一直警告，俄罗斯、中国和伊朗在选举前开展针对美国选民的在线影响力行动。观察人士表示，中国并非支持某一总统候选人胜过另一位，而是将重点放在破坏对选举、投票以及美国整体的信心上。中国驻华盛顿大使馆未立即回应置评请求。
Intelligence and national security officials have long warned that Russia, China and Iran have run online influence operations targeting U.S. voters ahead of elections. China, rather than supporting one presidential candidate over the other, has focused its efforts on undermining confidence in elections, voting and the U.S. in general, observers have said. The Chinese Embassy in Washington didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
克莱姆森大学瓦特家族创新中心媒体取证实验室联合主任达伦·林维尔一直在追踪“Spamouflage”活动，他表示，“绝无可能在任何真正的政治对话中扭转局势。”
Darren Linvill, who co-directs Clemson University’s Watt Family Innovation Center Media Forensics Hub and has tracked Spamouflage activity, said there is “no chance it tips the balance in any real political conversation.”
林维尔说：“‘Spamouflage’以不善于模仿真正的美国人而闻名。‘这不在他们的擅长领域内。’”相反，林维尔表示，该网络在压制信息方面更为有效，因为与该影响力行动有关联的账号“非常频繁地攻击和骚扰华裔社区成员”，这是北京压制其不喜欢的观点的更广泛努力的一部分。
“Spamouflage is famously bad at mimicking real Americans,” Linvill said. “It’s outside their wheelhouse.”Rather, the network has been more effective in suppressing information, Linvill said, as the accounts linked to the influence operation “very frequently attack and harass members of the Chinese diaspora community” and are part of a wider effort by Beijing to silence views it dislikes.
Graphika在其博客中表示，它识别出一个账号，该账号似乎取代了一个已被移除、与“垃圾伪装”行动有关联的账号，并发布了分裂性的美国政治内容，包括在2025年10月美国政府停摆期间攻击民主党领导层，以及批评移民政策。
In its blog, Graphika said it identified an account that appears to have replaced a removed account that was linked to Spamouflage and has posted divisive U.S. political content, including attacks on Democratic Party leadership during the U.S. government shutdown in October 2025 and criticism of immigration policy.
Graphika标记了四个有“垃圾伪装”活动历史的账号，这些账号现在放大模仿“让美国再次伟大”风格的人设，另有一个拥有超过20万粉丝的账号，该账号自称是菲律宾文化博客，但现在发布亲中国以及分裂性的、聚焦美国的内容。
Graphika flagged four accounts with a history of Spamouflage activity that now amplify MAGA-styled personas and another account with more than 200,000 followers that presents itself as a Philippine culture blog but now posts pro-China and divisive U.S.-focused content.
Graphika表示，它无法确定该账号是被劫持，还是原运营者将其出售或以其他方式失去了对它的控制。
Graphika said it could not determine whether the account was hijacked or whether the original operator sold or otherwise lost control of it.