MOSCOW, June 2. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has exposed a large-scale scheme involving the installation of spyware onto the phones of high-ranking officials by foreign intelligence services, the FSB said.
TASS has collected key details about the scheme.
- The FSB has exposed a large-scale scheme involving the installation of spyware onto the phones of high-ranking officials by foreign intelligence services.
- The spyware enabled hackers to wiretap calls and provided audio-and video-control near affected devices.
- Using the technical capabilities of major international IT corporations through the use of mobile communication devices, agents of foreign special services carried out a covert mission to wiretap devices targeted in the cyberattack, the FSB reported.
