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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Facebook used by hackers to target Ukraine’s military and politicians, says Meta

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Hackers have used Facebook to target Ukraine’s military and politicians, according to the platform’s owners, amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.

Meta said in the last 48 hours it had also separately removed a network of about 40 fake accounts, groups and pages across Facebook and Instagram that operated from Russia and Ukraine targeting people in Ukraine, for violating its rules against coordinated inauthentic behaviour.

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