Disinfo in Russia’s favor: SBU raids Kherson-based “bot farm”
Ukrainian law enforcers have exposed a bot farm set up by Kherson residents, operating in the interests of Russian handlers.
Crime
25 November 2021
23 November 2021
Mykolaiv man nabbed trying to sell defense secrets
The SBU security service’s Office in Mykolaiv region has pressed treason charges against a local man who reportedly attempted to sell classified design documentation in the field of military shipbuilding.
SBU blocks scheme of illegal acquisition of citizenship of EU member state
In a special operation, SBU counterintelligence operatives have exposed an international criminal group that set up an illegal mechanism for obtaining foreign citizenship based on forged paperwork.
SBU blocks scheme of illegal acquisition of citizenship of EU member state
In a special operation, SBU counterintelligence operatives have exposed an international criminal group that set up an illegal mechanism for obtaining foreign citizenship based on forged paperwork.
19 November 2021
Court arrests two suspects in attempt on Ukraine's agriculture minister
Kyiv's Pechersky District Court has chosen measures of restraint for a U.S. citizen and a Ukrainian who, according to the investigation, were the perpetrators behind an assassination attempt on Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Roman Leshchenko, the spokesperson for the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Mariana Reva, has told Ukrinform.
Law enforcers thwart attempt on Ukraine's agriculture minister – interior minister
Law enforcement officers have detained a group of individuals who were planning to assassinate Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Roman Leshchenko, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said.
05 November 2021
SBU suspects military officer of gathering classified data
Ukrainian counterintelligence operatives with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) suspect an Army colonel with top security clearance, commander of the military units, who turned out to have gained Russian citizenship, of an unauthorized gathering of classified military documents.
04 November 2021
SBU identifies FSB hackers behind over 5,000 cyberattacks on Ukraine gov’t agencies
Cyber security experts with the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have identified hackers from the notorious ARMAGEDON group, responsible for more than 5,000 cyberattacks on Ukrainian government bodies and critical infrastructure facilities.
SBU identifies FSB hackers behind over 5,000 cyberattacks on Ukraine gov’t agencies
Cyber security experts with the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have identified hackers from the notorious ARMAGEDON group, responsible for more than 5,000 cyberattacks on Ukrainian government bodies and critical infrastructure facilities.
03 November 2021
Culprits selling fake COVID-certificates nabbed in Ukraine
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has exposed a criminal group operating across the country’s regions, specializing in forging negative PCR tests for COVID-19 and vaccination certificates.
30 October 2021
Music royalty wars: SBU says copyright management boss caught on bribing MP
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has exposed what it says was an attempt by a chief of one of the collective copyright management organizations to offer a massive bribe to a People’s Deputy for amending and postponing the hearing of a bill that would change the royalty collection system.
28 October 2021
SBU neutralizes 65,000 bots across social networks in 2021
Since year-start, SBU cyber experts have blocked operations of 12 "bot farms" with a capacity of over 65,000 accounts, through which anti-Ukrainian, anti-vaccine, and other destructive content was circulated across social media.
27 October 2021
SBU exposes fake COVID-19 certificates scheme
Cyber security operatives with the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have liquidated a criminal scheme where perpetrators had been selling forged COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
Three SBU officers suspected of kidnapping, torturing foreign IT specialist
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) suspects two employees of the central office of the SBU State Security Service and an employee of the SBU's territorial division of the illegal detention of a foreign IT professional and extortion of money from him, the SBI's press service has reported.
Three SBU officers suspected of kidnapping, torturing foreign IT specialist
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) suspects two employees of the central office of the SBU State Security Service and an employee of the SBU's territorial division of the illegal detention of a foreign IT professional and extortion of money from him, the SBI's press service has reported.
26 October 2021
Some 260,000 Ukrainians “victims of human trafficking” over 30 years - prosecutor general
Since Ukraine regained independence, nearly 260,000 Ukrainians have been trafficked.
Polish police detain Ukrainian for transporting 41 illegal migrants
A citizen of Ukraine was transporting 41 illegal migrants from Iraq and Turkey in a cargo van with Czech license plates in Poland, according to the official website of the Polish police.
23 October 2021
SBU neutralizes extortion gang led from by mob bosses from abroad
In a large-scale raid in Sumy region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) nabbed an almost 50-strong criminal group specializing in extortion and racketeering.
SBU neutralizes extortion gang led from by mob bosses from abroad
In a large-scale raid in Sumy region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) nabbed an almost 50-strong criminal group specializing in extortion and racketeering.
22 October 2021
SBU exposes scheme for smuggling warplane engine parts to Russia
Ukrainian counterintelligence operatives with the SBU Security Service have prevented the illegal shipment to Russia of Ukrainian spare parts to combat fighter jets.
SBU exposes scheme for smuggling warplane engine parts to Russia
Ukrainian counterintelligence operatives with the SBU Security Service have prevented the illegal shipment to Russia of Ukrainian spare parts to combat fighter jets.
21 October 2021
SBU nabs FSB asset
SBU counterintelligence in Vinnytsia region detained an FSB asset trained by terrorists in the temporarily occupied Donbas.
20 October 2021
SBU exposes cross border trafficking ring offering migrants forged EU passports
The Security Service of Ukraine has blocked an illegal migration channel to the European Union involving fake IDs.
18 October 2021
SBU detains bank robbery gang
Ukraine's SBU State Security Service has conducted a special operation to detain three people who in 2016 carried out a series of attacks on branches of banking institutions and bank vans in Zaporizhia, the SBU's press center has reported.
08 October 2021
Microsoft: Ukraine among top three countries targeted by Russian cyberattacks
From July 2020 to June 2021, the top three countries targeted by Russian nation-state actors were the United States, Ukraine and the UK.
02 October 2021
Investigation into attack on Shefir: More than ten versions being considered, but two remain the main
Law enforcer officers are considering more than ten versions of the assassination attempt on Serhiy Shefir, the first aide to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, but two versions remain the main ones.
30 September 2021
SBU neutralizes group “selling” Ukrainian seamen to gangs trafficking migrants
The SBU has exposed an international criminal group involved in recruiting Ukrainian sailors before coercing them to work on vessels carrying illegal migrants from Central Asia to EU countries.
29 September 2021
SBU presses charges against FSB-hired hitman who assassinated spec-ops forces officer
Ukraine’s counterintelligence operatives with the SBU security service say a Russian FSB agent has been charged with treason.
28 September 2021
SBU detains ex-top official of Ukraine’s armored plant who fled to occupied Donbas amid corruption probe
The Security Service of Ukraine has apprehended a former senior official of the Kyiv Armored Plant SE, who was in office in 2014 when he inflicted UAH 12 million losses to the state budget through corrupt schemes.