Russia-linked hackers breached more than 170 email accounts belonging to Ukrainian prosecutors and investigators over the past several months, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday, in what cybersecurity researchers said was a broad espionage campaign targeting officials probing corruption and Russian collaborators.
Ukrainian Anti-Corruption, Defense Officials Targeted
According to the report, the compromised accounts included officials at Ukraine’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in the Field of Defense, a wartime body focused on corruption and military espionage cases, as well as the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) and the Prosecutor’s Training Center.
Among those affected was Yaroslava Maksymenko, ARMA’s former chief, according to the data. Reuters also reported that 44 mailboxes at the Prosecutor’s Training Center were breached, including one belonging to …
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