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Russian intelligence services fake support SMS messaging-account phishing campaign

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A long-running phishing campaign by Russian intelligence services is stealing messaging-account credentials from officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists across Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S. The operation uses fake support SMS that impersonate a messaging platform's support bot to trick recipients into revealing access details. The activity threatens sensitive military and political communications and extends to Ukrainian personal accounts.

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Timeline

  1. 27.06.2026 20:27 3 articles · 18d ago

    Russian intelligence services steal messaging credentials with fake support SMS

    Initial Disclosure

    SSU and FBI said they uncovered a long-running campaign by Russian intelligence services that used fake support SMS texts to trick government officials, military personnel, politicians, activists, and Ukrainian personal-account holders in Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S. into revealing messaging account credentials and other sensitive access details.

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