Russia hacked Kyiv surveillance cameras to pick targets for its huge missile attack, Ukraine's security service says

Wed, 01/03/2024 - 08:26

A woman in a dark coat stands on torn-up ground and looks up a heavily damaged multistory building — A woman looks at her apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine January 2, 2024.
REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Russia hacked into surveillance cameras to coordinate its attack on Kyiv, Ukraine said.
Ukraine's security service said Russia gained control of cameras on residential buildings.
The huge attack on Kyiv and Kharkiv involved almost 100 missiles, Ukraine said.

Russia hacked into online surveillance cameras in Kyiv to coordinate a huge missile attack on the city, Ukraine's security service has said.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said in a post on Telegram that Russian intelligence had hacked two online surveillance cameras to spy on Ukraine's Defense Forces in the city and to prepare its strikes.