Cyberespionage is a serious threat, 16 months into the war in Ukraine. Hackers working for Russian foreign intelligence agency reportedly created a fake car advert trying to break into the computers of several diplomats at embassies across Ukraine.
The hackers targeted dozens of diplomats with the fake car advert, a cybersecurity firm report reveals. The diplomats are active in at least 22 of the roughly 80 foreign missions in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, showed the results achieved by analysts at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 research division.
They discovered that the campaign began with “an innocuous and legitimate event” back in mid-April 2023. A diplomat supposedly working for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs emailed various embassies employees to advertise the sale of a used BMW 5 Series sedan which was available in Kyiv.
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