Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dozens of MPs have been targeted by a 'Spamouflage' campaign connected to China, which saw a bot network leave thousands of comments on their social media accounts, making nefarious claims.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/as-winter-weather-approaches-burnaby-in-dire-need-of-shelter-space-homeless-advocate-says-1.6612495

Spamouflage, a hybrid of spam and camouflage, is a technique used by spammers to avoid email spam filters by replacing specific letters with numbers.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/china-ai-news-anchors/

Spamouflage networks are largely contained within their own echo chambers of fake users and rarely garner organic social media engagement from real users, Global Affairs said.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/spamouflage-campaign-targeting-trudeau-mps-linked-to-china-global-affairs-canada-7722164