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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Russia accused of trying to hack border security cameras to disrupt Ukraine aid

Men carrying boxes of humanitarian aid
Volunteers carrying humanitarian aid in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, in May 2023. Photograph: Libkos/AP

Russia tried to hack into border security cameras to spy on and disrupt the flow of western aid entering Ukraine, the UK’s intelligence services and its allies have claimed.

A unit of Russia’s military intelligence services is accused of using a host of methods to target organisations delivering “foreign assistance”, by hacking into cameras at crossings and railway stations and near military installations.

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