PSYOP campaigns targeting Ukraine – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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Coming in two waves, the campaign sought to demoralize Ukrainians and Ukrainian speakers abroad with disinformation messages about war-related subjects

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Coming in two waves, the campaign sought to demoralize Ukrainians and Ukrainian speakers abroad with disinformation messages about war-related subjects

23 Feb 2024

This week, ESET researchers revealed their findings about Operation Texonto, a disinformation/psychological (PSYOP) campaign where Russia-aligned threat actors sought to demoralize Ukrainians and Ukrainian speakers abroad with disinformation messages about war-related topics. Coming in two waves (in November 2023 and in late December 2023, respectively), the two campaigns spread false information about heating interruptions and medicines and food shortages, which are all typical themes of Russian propaganda.

In addition to this campaign, ESET detected a spearphishing campaign that recently targeted a Ukrainian defense company and an EU agency and attempted to steal credentials for Microsoft Office 365 accounts. The PSYOPs and phishing operations are most probably linked together.

Find out more in the video and in the blogpost.

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