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Ukrainian soldiers' Facebook accounts targeted by hackers, Meta says

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By Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Facebook parent company Meta detailed Thursday an array of shady cyber tactics that it says groups linked to Russia and Belarus are using to target Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Ukrainian soldiers' Facebook accounts targeted by hackers, Meta says (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Facebook parent company Meta detailed Thursday an array of shady cyber tactics that it says groups linked to Russia and Belarus are using to target Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

  2. CBS News

    Russian-backed hackers broke into Facebook accounts of Ukrainian military officials (opens CBS News)

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    Facebook's parent company, Meta, says they posted videos urging the Ukrainian army to surrender and filed as many as thousands of false reports against users, mainly in Ukraine and Russia, for policy violations.

  3. Washington Times

    Belarus-linked hackers targeted Ukrainian military Facebook accounts, posted surrender videos: Meta (opens Washington Times)

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    Belarus-linked hackers attempted to break into dozens of Ukrainian military personnel’s Facebook accounts and post videos encouraging surrender amid Russia’s invasion, according to Meta on Thursday.

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