Facebook's Ukrainian military account was hacked and calling for surrender

In the first quarter 2022 hostile threat report released by Facebook operator Meta, there was an attempt to hack Ukrainian military personnel's Facebook account, and in the case of successful hacking, a post requesting surrender was made. Is reported.

Meta's Adversarial Threat Report, First Quarter 2022
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According to the report, it is the intelligence agencies in Russia and Belarus who are attacking, and the activity has been strengthened immediately before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Since February 2022, a group of attackers have attempted to hack Facebook accounts of Ukrainian military personnel, posting videos calling for surrender in successful cases, pretending to be from legitimate accounts. Meta has been blocked to prevent this video from being shared.

Also, in December 2020, the network that should have been deleted was restored, and a new Facebook account was created from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022. The network's message initially blamed police violence in Western countries, but since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, it has blamed NATO and Western countries for the Russian invasion and accused Ukrainian troops of targeting civilians. It was said that it became.

Similarly, a network of people in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, was also removed because it was used to direct users to a Telegram channel dedicated to posting photos of Russian victims.

In addition, Belarusian KGB officials reported that after February 24, 2022, they suddenly began posting in Polish and English that 'Ukrainian troops surrender without fighting and leaders flee abroad.' It has been. The account has been accused of 'Poland is unfairly treating immigrants from the Middle East.' Meta has already disabled this account.