Cybersecurity
Ukrainian Hackers Gather Data on Russian Soldiers, Minister Says
- Kyiv’s IT Army compiles ‘Book of Executioners’ war catalog
- Spreading news about invasion to Russians is another goal
Russian soldiers patrol a street in Volnovakha, Ukraine, in April.
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Pro-Ukrainian hackers are gathering intelligence about Russian military personnel in order to help inform decision-making on the battlefield, according to Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation.
Members of Ukraine’s so-called IT Army, a volunteer band of computer specialists, is assembling a “Book of Executioners” to catalog Russian soldiers who kill and allegedly torture Ukrainians, Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with Bloomberg News from his office in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.