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Inside a Twitter ‘Pornbot’ Campaign

Flashpoint analysts recently investigated the trend of adult entertainment-themed Twitter bots known as pornbots, which post tweets with hashtags containing popular brand names alongside random, unrelated terms. The observed set of pornbots appears to be a mix of compromised accounts and accounts specifically created to advertise pornography. As such, organizations mentioned in these bots’ pornographic advertising campaigns on Twitter may suffer reputational damage in addition to distorted social media engagement campaign metrics.

February 12, 2018