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In an announcement posted to the SSU’s official Facebook and Telegram accounts, the SSU wrote that “[SSU] detained a hacker who provided the occupiers mobile connection in Ukraine.” The announcement claims that this hacker helped facilitate thousands of calls in just one day. Specifically, the announcement said that the hacker helped Russia make anonymous phone calls to invaders based in Ukraine; passed commands and instructions to groups of Russian troops; and sent text messages to “Ukrainian security officers and civil servants with proposals to surrender and side with the occupiers,” according to a translation of the announcement.Do you know about any other hacking around the invasion of Ukraine? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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