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Activist hackers from Ukraine tricked a group of wives of Russian military personnel into posing in racy photos - also revealing the identities of their husbands - allegedly responsible for bombing a Mariupol theater turned shelter last month, killing hundreds of civilians.
This virtual hoax operation exposed 12 fighter pilots from elite units to the risk of being charged with war crimes - both in connection with what is known in Ukraine as the "theater massacre" and hundreds of other airstrikes on Ukrainian homes and businesses, the Kyiv Post reported.
This operation was spearheaded by Cyber Resistance, a Ukrainian hacker group engaged in guerrilla warfare, and InformNapalm, a volunteer journalism organization in Ukraine that they say investigates Russian war crimes.
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The hackers managed to break into the e-mail of Colonel Sergey Etrushchenko, a commanding general of the fighter squadron stationed in occupied Crimea, according to InformNapalm. The
hackers, posing as a Russian officer in the regiment, contacted Etrushchenko's wife and convinced her to arrange a photo shoot with the wives and girlfriends of the pilots the others, supposedly to boost the morale of the soldiers at the front. She "swallowed" the bait, and used her position as a colonel's wife to convince 11 other pilot wives to pose for photos wearing their husbands' military uniforms at the airport - revealing their identities while also providing a close-up look at the fighter jets in which they Users.
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The women came to take pictures
The pilots' wives were enticed to take pictures in their husbands' uniforms - thus revealing their identities (photo: screenshot, InformNapalm)
And the identity of the fighter pilots was revealed
She reportedly handed over the footage to the hackers on March 16.
The group also revealed more details of Etrushchenko, such as his personal and financial details, and also posted two photos of her in lingerie that she thought she was sending to her husband.
The more modest photos of Lilia Etrushchenko (photo: screenshot, InformNapalm)
The InformNapalm group noted that she showed some restraint, posting only "decent pictures of her wearing some clothes, to give an example of the more daring pictures" she sent to her husband.
The activists sent the new evidence they obtained to the International Criminal Court operating in The Hague, which about two weeks ago issued an arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes.
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