Russia Is Infecting Ukrainian Soldiers’ Phones with Spyware, says SSU

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has dismantled two Russian-sponsored bot
farms allegedly designed to infect soldiers’ devices with data-stealing malware.

An unnamed woman from Korosten, “on enemy orders, massively registered virtual
mobile numbers of Ukrainian operators and anonymous accounts in Telegram,”
according to the announcement.

Hacking soldiers’ phones

The woman allegedly sold or leased the “accounts” through specialized Russian
internet platforms, enabling Russian intelligenc