A press release of the Ukrainian Security Service - known simply as "SSU" (SSU) said that specialists from the department dismantled two robot farms in the city of Lviv, with a total capacity of 18,000 fake accounts, according to a report on the "Vice" website, and confirmed that Technical experts from Russia are supervising these farms.
3 people were implicated in the case, as two handed over their apartment to be a place for the operation, while a third took care of maintaining accounts and equipment. about bomb threats at various facilities."
The Ukrainian Security Service said it had seized two sets of GSM gateways, 3,000 SIM cards, laptops and accounting records.
GSM gateways are equipment that allows people to use phone cards to connect to networks outside the virtual network they are supposed to be connected to, and are used to camouflage the user's actual location.
They are common tools for hackers and other cybercriminals, who can use them to manage multiple phone numbers, and to connect to Voice Over IP phone networks that are used for communications.
Ukraine and other countries along Russia's borders have long dealt with cybercrime and attacks originating from neighboring countries.
In January, several Ukrainian government websites were disrupted by unknown hackers, and Kiev blamed the Kremlin, which denied any involvement.
The closure of Russia's Lviv farm comes as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia, as Russian troops, weapons and supplies are massing along the border with Ukraine.