Roskomnadzor is testing the system for detecting “infobombs” on the Internet

The Main Radio Frequency Center (FGUP GRCHTS), a subsidiary of Roskomnadzor, conducts internal tests of the “information bomb” detection system. The newspaper “Vedomosti” writes about this with reference to an employee of the HRCC.

The system was named “Boar”. It is intended for “early detection of threats in the information sphere and forecasting of the risks of their occurrence.” The full launch of the system is planned for the second half of 2023.

The system is being developed for Roskomnadzor by the St. Petersburg company Neobyt. The newspaper clarifies that “Neobit” is under US sanctions and is a developer of technological solutions for the FSB.

“Vepr” will monitor “points of information tension” – messages that can potentially lead to the realization of threats to the individual, society and the state. Presumably, this definition includes so-called fakes and any publicly significant information that creates a “threat to public order and public safety.” The Russian authorities call any information about the war with Ukraine, different from the version of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, fake.

Also, “Vepr” will have to find the authors of anonymous messages and predict the development of this or that topic in the information field. “Vepr” will work in conjunction with the search system for banned content “Oculus”, which Roskomnadzor launched in mid-February.

• Earlier, the Belarusian hacker group “Kyberpartisans” hacked the internal network of the Main Radio Frequency Center of the RKN. Terabytes of information were downloaded from there – correspondence of department employees, reports, documentation and other data.
• According to published documents, Roskomnadzor’s activities go far beyond the scope of official tasks. It turned out, for example, that the agency monitors messages about the health of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and also secretly compiles a dossier on almost all well-known journalists and public figures who are critical of the Russian government. Dossiers consist of detailed biographical data and links to personal accounts in social networks.