Security News > 2022 > July > Hackers breach Ukrainian radio network to spread fake news about Zelenskiy

On Thursday, Ukrainian media group TAVR Media confirmed that it was hacked to spread fake news about President Zelenskiy being in critical condition and under intensive care.

SSSCIP added that the attackers breached TAVR Media's servers and broadcasting systems to spread fake news suggesting that the Ukrainian President is allegedly under intensive care, in critical condition, with Parliament Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk acting in his stead. Zelenskyi also refuted the reports in a video shared on his official Instagram account, saying they were fake news spread by Russian-linked threat actors.

"Today, Russia launched more fake news that the state is not controlled by President Zelenskiy as he is in hospital, or rather, in intensive care because of a 'serious health condition'," he said, according to a translated transcript from Reuters.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Facebook also removed a poorly made and unconvincing deepfake video of Zelenskyy asking Ukrainian troops lay down their arms and surrender.

The altered video was first shared on the compromised website of Ukraine 24 after a Wednesday breach, and it spread to other compromised Ukrainian news sites.

Facebook also took down accounts used by the Ghostwriter Belarusian-linked hacking group to target Ukrainian officials and military personnel and for spreading videos portraying Ukrainian soldiers surrendering to the Russian army.

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