X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.

The Russian state-sponsored APT28 threat group is using a custom variant of the open-source Covenant post-exploitation framework for long-term espionage operations.

Footage described as Iranian missiles striking Tel Aviv, Israel, widely shared on social media is likely AI-generated, three independent digital forensics experts told Reuters.