Ukrainian hackers created fake profiles of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sharing t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: The Insider (Financial Times)

Ukrainian hackers created fake profiles of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sharing their location, report says. Days later, the base was blown up.

Ukrainian hackers set up fake accounts of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sending them photos, which they located and passed to the Ukrainian military, the Financial Times reported.

Nikita Knysh, a 30-year-old IT professional from Kharkiv, told the FT that when Russia's invasion began in February this year, he wanted to use his hacking skills to help his country.

He recruited other hackers and founded a group nicknamed Hackyourmom, which now consists of 30 hackers from across the country, he told the FT.

Last month, he said they duped Russian soldiers in Melitopol by creating fake accounts and pretending to be attractive women on several social media platforms, including Telegram.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-hackers-create-fake-profiles-russia-troops-share-location-ft-2022-9

[Aristus]

1. All war is based on deception.

Brilliant to center that deception around the natural horniness of soldiers out in the field, far from home and the love of a good woman.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Brilliant deception allowed the Allies to trick Hitler on a number of occasions.

The most famous: tricking Hitler into thinking the Allied invasion would occur at a different time and place
than actually happened.

[Aristus]

5. Operation Mincemeat.

I've read both books and seen both movies based on the incident.

Ingenious...

On edit: And Operation Fortitude. Almost forgot that one.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes great movies. I loved the Gen Patton ghost army.

An army that was entirely fake, consisting of cut out soldiers and inflatable tanks made of rubber sheeting.

The Germans kept thinking the Allies were massing troops and tanks in places where
there was only PR, artist types painting fake scenery and tanks, and spies faking out the enemy.

[Warpy]

11. Read up on Operation Mincemeat sometime

It was macabre and brilliant.

[orangecrush]

2. Hey, it works on me!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Now I'll have to get a new credit card. NT

[Irish_Dem]

7. Ukrainian women are beautiful.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Wouldn't simple security awareness/practice be covered in Army Basic Training?

Maintaining the location of active duty military personnel in combat situations just seems like common sense.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. That only works above the waist. NT

[Irish_Dem]

10. Jebus.

Especially Russian males drunk most of the time.

[JanMichael]

17. That is like like saying all Irish are alcoholics. Or . Not cool.

[speak easy]

20. An Irish Dem can punch up (not down) if he so chooses.

An Irishman telling hyperbolic jokes about alcoholism, at a time of war, is not offensive.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Drunken Russian soldiers are raping/murdering toddlers and women, NOT Irish ones.

Many reports of intoxicated Russian soldiers committing crimes against civilians.
That is the part that is not cool.

It is well documented that Russian males have high rates of alcoholism.
And it is impacting their performance on the battle field.

BTW Here are the 10 countries with the highest rates of alcoholism in males:
(Please note that Ireland is not on the list)

Hungary - 36.90%
Russia - 36.90%
Belarus - 33.90%
Latvia - 28.80%
Slovenia - 23.50%
Slovakia - 22.80%
Poland - 22.70%
Estonia - 22.20%
South Korea - 21.20%
Lithuania - 19.90%

[Warpy]

12. It would if they were trained.

They're rushing new enlistees into combat so fast they barely have time to tell them which end the bullet comes out.

[mitch96]

15. "Wouldn't simple security awareness/practice be covered in Army Basic Training?"

Never underestimate how dumb a guy can get when he is horney
and looking for sometin sometin in a foreign land... Da?
m

[Angleae]

16. Training? Don't forget this is Russia we're talking about.

The russian army isn't exactly known for it's high training standards.

[Bayard]

13. Genius

I almost feel sorry for the young ones, forced into a situation they want no part of, far from home and comfort, though. I'm thinking Putin is desperate enough to be drafting teenagers at this point.

[Duppers]

18. Indeed! 👍

[Raine]

14. TERRIFIC that's pure GENIUS!! 😅👍 nt

[truthisfreedom]

19. A "large military base." I wonder how large.

And how many were killed.

[Vogon_Glory]

23. Talk about Femme Fatale!

The cyber-babe may not exist, but telling her sweet nothings can kill you!