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Storm-1516 Reportedly Spread Fabricated Narratives Targeting Firebird Data Center in Armenia
Alethea reported that Storm-1516, a Russian influence operation, targeted Firebird's NVIDIA-powered data center under construction in Hrazdan, Armenia, with purportedly fabricated media narratives designed to make the project appear dangerous and economically unstable. The campaign allegedly used imitation tech-news articles to cast the facility as a liability for Armenia's infrastructure and Western-aligned technology ambitions.
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Reported occurrence date: 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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