War in Ukraine, hacker they attack the profiles Facebook of Ukrainian soldiers. To report the news is Metathe “parent” company of Facebook and Instagram, both social networks banned in Russia.
Attacks from Belarus
Some hackers located in Belarus allegedly attempted to attack the Facebook profiles of the Ukrainian military. In some cases they would have been able to use them to share video who invite the other comrades to the trip. The attacks are unleashed dozens, but only a few would have managed to score as they were blocked. Meta also spotted a renewed disinformation activity by the Russian Internet Research Agency, known as the ‘troll factory’ in the 2016 US election.
Disinformation
According to Meta, the Belarusian KGB would also be behind these cyber attacks, namely i secret services. Social media would have been used to disseminate fake news such as the flight of Ukrainian political leaders abroad or the surrender of entire battalions.
Even fake profiles
Meta also discovered and removed attempts to return to the platform of a group already blocked in 2020 and connected to the Russian Internet Research Agency (Ira), known as a troll and disinformation factory, already under accusation in the 2016 American presidential elections which led to the election. from Trump.
They have it first created profiles between late 2021 and January 2022 publishing news about police violence in the West, since the invasion their posts have started to to blame NATO of the war with accusations against Ukrainian forces of targeting the civilians.
