Russian intelligence services were able to spy on Ukraine through CCTV cameras for years.
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Video from thousands of surveillance cameras installed throughout the country, before reaching a consumer’s phone or computer, ends up on servers in Moscow owned by companies with ties to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. This is done using Russian TRASSIR software used in cameras in Ukraine. This is stated in the new Schemes investigation.
We are talking about the Digital Network company, whose clients include Yandex, the propaganda TV channel Zvezda, and the social network VKontakte, which is banned in Ukraine. Also, this company officially provided Internet connection services from 2015 to 2017 to the FSB Information Protection and Special Communications Center.
It turned out that Ukrainian state-owned enterprises and private firms have been massively purchasing Russian TRASSIR software over the past two decades. Among those who used this software were the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the Sea Ports Administration, Nova Poshta, and Big Pocket. Ordinary Ukrainians also bought these cameras for installation in their homes.
The investigation states that Ukraine limited the use of this Russian technology only on February 27, 2022.
Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko, speaking on the United News telethon, said that law enforcement officers will check the information released by journalists in the investigation.
The information that was covered in investigative journalism, of course, needs careful research and study. And this is a question not only for special services. This is a question for the utility services that installed these cameras,” he noted.
The minister emphasized that “it is unacceptable when any camera, even hypothetically, can be connected and transmit information, especially during war, to any country.”
Source: Racurs
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