PSYOP campaigns targeting Ukraine – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

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 …

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