The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) cyber specialists exposed a Russian hacker group. He was a "People's Russian Cyber Army" member under the FSB control. The attacker adjusted enemy fire on the city and prepared cyber attacks on Ukraine's state websites.
The SSU detained an FSB agent in Kharkiv
The SSU exposed an enemy agent who worked for Russia's special services and was part of a criminal hacker group.
The SSU press service reported on Facebook.
At the direction of the person involved, the occupiers launched two rocket attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the regional centre. Among the affected facilities was a local hospital.
He also scouted the bases of the Defense Forces in the region. First of all, he was interested in the possible combat positions of the artillery and air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, the hacker carried out the task of the FSB to prepare a series of DDoS attacks on the websites of state-owned enterprises and authorities of Ukraine, the SSU said.
As a result of counter-subversive measures, SBU officers detained the perpetrator.
According to the investigation, the suspect is a Kharkiv resident and an IT specialist whom the FSB recruited through a specialised Telegram channel of hacking communities.
In order to collect intelligence about the AFU deployment, the person involved went around the area and covertly recorded objects where, according to his "version", Ukrainian defenders could be. He sent the received information to the FSB through a popular messenger in the form of screenshots of electronic maps with the coordinates of potential targets, the report says.
During the search of the detainee's apartment, three mobile phones, a laptop and flash drives, which he used in spy activities for Russia's benefit, were seized.
The attacker was suspected of unauthorised dissemination of information about the transfer of weapons and military supplies to Ukraine and the deployment of the Armed Forces.
The hacker is currently in custody. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
An FSB agent was convicted of espionage
A resident of Kharkiv who worked for the Russian FSB was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He prepared sabotage against Ukrainian pilots and commanders.
According to the SSU, the Kharkiv resident was monitoring the Kharkiv region's AFU personnel.
Military pilots, AFU special unit commanders and SSU employees of the Security Service were in the area of special attention of the attacker, law enforcement officers specify.
The man tried to establish the places of temporary deployment and residence of Ukrainian defenders and the routes of their movement in their own cars. In addition, he attempted to identify enterprises of the defence-industrial complex in the region.
The Russians wanted to use such data to prepare a series of sabotages against Ukrainian defenders and at defence factories.
