Security News > 2022 > March > Ukraine says local govt sites hacked to push fake capitulation news
The Security Service of Ukraine said today "Enemy" hackers are using compromised local government and regional authorities' websites to push rumors that Ukraine surrendered and signed a peace treaty with Russia.
"WARNING! ANOTHER FAKE! The enemy has broken into some sites of regional authorities and local governments and spreads through them lies about the alleged 'capitulation and signing of a peace treaty with Russia'," the SSU said, as Reuters first reported.
The Ukrainian Parliament also issued a similar alert, saying the Public Broadcaster News in Kherson was taken over with plans to spread disinformation about Ukraine surrendering and "Signing of the peace treaty with the Russian Federation."
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine and Facebook warned of phishing campaigns against Ukrainian officials and military personnel.
On Wednesday, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said it spotted spear-phishing attacks targeting European government personnel aiding Ukrainian refugees.
Ukrainian officials are not the only ones targeted in such attacks, as SSSCIP revealed one day after the start of the war, saying that a separate series of phishing attacks also began targeting Ukrainians with malicious documents.