RFK’s Anti-Vax Group Put Up Fake CDC Website

Mother Jones reports:

The fake website, RealCDC.org, was first spotted in late January by intel threat researcher Kyle Ehmke. While the page displayed no content then, he noted it was administered through the same Cloudflare account as Children’s Health Defense’s website and other domains related to CHD.

By March 20, according to Ehmke’s later research, and as corroborated by archived versions of the site, the page was populated with content meant to look exactly like an official CDC website, replicating its fonts, links, and presentation.

But there was a crucial difference: the fake site included a series of papers and other purported evidence claiming “increased risks of various chronic conditions, including ASD [autism spectrum disorder]” from vaccines. It also included testimonial videos from parents claiming their children had been sickened by vaccines, with scaremongering titles like “MMR Vax Gave My Son Autism.”

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A fake website meant to look like a CDC webpage was put up sometime this month and quickly taken offline.

This wasn’t before researchers noticed signs that it was likely connected to RFK Jr.’s anti-vax organization. https://t.co/DVYG4h01m6

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 25, 2025