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Russian operatives sent 5,000 text messages in a failed attempt to incite Ukrainians to attack their own capitol
An Ukrainian serviceman uses his mobile phone to send a text message as he sits at his position on outskirts of Donetsk on September 16, 2014.
A Ukrainian serviceman uses his mobile phone to send a text message as he sits at his position on outskirts of Donetsk in 2014.Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images
  • The Russian bot farm sent messages to the Ukrainian military and law enforcement officers.

  • The Security Service of Ukraine claimed that the bot farm was intended to shake the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian security forces.

  • Russia is one of the most sophisticated cyber-aggressors.

Russian operatives are accused of creating a bot farm that sent 5,000 messages to Ukrainian military and law enforcement officers encouraging them to defect and surrender to the Russians.

The Security Service of Ukraine shut down the Russian bot farm in order to shake the moral and psychological state of the Ukrainian security forces.

A message from Russian bots that reads, "“Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, launch an offensive on Kyiv - before Kyiv destroys you!”
A message from Russian bots that reads, "“Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, launch an offensive on Kyiv - before Kyiv destroys you!”Ukrainian Armed Forces

The outcome of events is decided according to the message. Don't support nationalism and discredited leaders of the country who have already left the capital.

The operation was conducted remotely by the Russians, with equipment located in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Russia is one of the most sophisticated cyber-aggressors.

There are concerns that the country could use cyberwarfare to cripple the infrastructure of Ukraine. Microsoft detected a piece of software that was designed to wipe data from the government and banks of Ukraine. The New York Times reported that the company was able to block code within hours.

The translations are by Oleksandr Vynogradov.

The original article is on Business Insider.

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