SBU detained pro-Russian hackers in Kyiv who created fake accounts of heads of Ukrainian Special Services, spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine
SBU detained pro-Russian hackers in Kyiv who created fake accounts of heads of Ukrainian Special Services, spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine
The SBU liquidated bot farms in Kyiv, which carried out information sabotage for the benefit of Russian intelligence. In the course of comprehensive measures, two organizers were detained, who were massively spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine and trying to artificially discredit the Defense Forces.
For this, they created fake accounts in social networks and messengers, in particular on behalf of the Head of the Security Service and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
In order to create the appearance of “real” pages, official posts from the SBU and GUR were reposted on these accounts. However, in personal messages, the attackers extorted money from people and offered their “help”.
They also registered fake pages of Ukrainians from various regions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tik-Tok, as well as on the Russian “Odnoklasnyky” and “Vkontakte”. In general, the capacity of the bot farm allowed its organizers to generate more than 1,000 fake accounts every day.
For their administration, the participants installed specialized hardware and software complexes in their own homes.
The perpetrators coordinated their actions with representatives of Russian intelligence, from whom they received “methodology” for carrying out subversive activities.
In this way, the enemy hoped to destabilize the social and political situation in Ukraine and damage the image of our state on the international arena.
During searches of the homes of botfarm organizers, the following was found:
▪️ specialized equipment for “growing” fictitious Internet addresses;
▪️ SIM cards of mobile operators, to which controlled accounts were registered.
Unregistered firearms with ammunition and grenades were also seized from the perpetrators.
So far, the investigators of the Security Service have notified both detainees of the suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives).
The extras are in custody.
Perpetrators face up to 7 years in prison.
ConsequenceAfter1686 on
He was a sims collector!
lowfour on
All these russian trolls across Europe are using the same 5G modem racks to be able to switch IP’s and post as 20 different people.
Swede_in_USA on
The Sims Prison edition.
justjaybee16 on
That dude was really dedicated to wearing black shirts.
WeekendFantastic2941 on
Is he Ukrainian or Russian?
If Ukrainian, I doubt he did it for Putin, its for money.
Greedy people can always be found, if you pay them enough.
Cute_Conflict6410 on
Ukraine needs to reinstate the death penalty
redditor0918273645 on
So if you don’t see a user on here for a while…
EntrepreneurTasty167 on
My hatred for Russian bots knows no bounds, I hope that they become military targets.
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The SBU liquidated bot farms in Kyiv, which carried out information sabotage for the benefit of Russian intelligence. In the course of comprehensive measures, two organizers were detained, who were massively spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine and trying to artificially discredit the Defense Forces.
For this, they created fake accounts in social networks and messengers, in particular on behalf of the Head of the Security Service and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
In order to create the appearance of “real” pages, official posts from the SBU and GUR were reposted on these accounts. However, in personal messages, the attackers extorted money from people and offered their “help”.
They also registered fake pages of Ukrainians from various regions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tik-Tok, as well as on the Russian “Odnoklasnyky” and “Vkontakte”. In general, the capacity of the bot farm allowed its organizers to generate more than 1,000 fake accounts every day.
For their administration, the participants installed specialized hardware and software complexes in their own homes.
The perpetrators coordinated their actions with representatives of Russian intelligence, from whom they received “methodology” for carrying out subversive activities.
In this way, the enemy hoped to destabilize the social and political situation in Ukraine and damage the image of our state on the international arena.
During searches of the homes of botfarm organizers, the following was found:
▪️ specialized equipment for “growing” fictitious Internet addresses;
▪️ SIM cards of mobile operators, to which controlled accounts were registered.
Unregistered firearms with ammunition and grenades were also seized from the perpetrators.
So far, the investigators of the Security Service have notified both detainees of the suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives).
The extras are in custody.
Perpetrators face up to 7 years in prison.
He was a sims collector!
All these russian trolls across Europe are using the same 5G modem racks to be able to switch IP’s and post as 20 different people.
The Sims Prison edition.
That dude was really dedicated to wearing black shirts.
Is he Ukrainian or Russian?
If Ukrainian, I doubt he did it for Putin, its for money.
Greedy people can always be found, if you pay them enough.
Ukraine needs to reinstate the death penalty
So if you don’t see a user on here for a while…
My hatred for Russian bots knows no bounds, I hope that they become military targets.
Good! How many of them were redditors?