Three Kropyvnytskyi media outlets report phishing attempts

Kropyvnytskyi news outlet "Hrechks" received a second phishing letter to their editorial inbox in a week. This time, the senders were asking for data posing as the "Central SBU Office".

"Hrechka" editor Anastasia Dziubak reported this to the Institute of Mass Information representative in Kirovohradska oblast, Pavel Lisnychenko.

At least two more media outlets, "Tochka Dostupu" and CBN, received similar letters, also claiming to be from the SBU.

Despite the fact that the senders' addresses were different, the body of the letter was identical. Journalists were asked to submit a series of documents by November 5, otherwise "the organization would be stopped." To receive what the sender called a series of documents, the team had to download the file attached to the letter.

CBN editor Myroslava Lipa informed the IMI representative that the news outlet had already received similar letters before. However, they previously contained demands from a fake tax office.

On October 30, the Kropyvnytskyi news outlet "Hrechka" reported receiving a phishing email claiming to have been sent by the State Tax Service inspection in the Suvorovskyi district, Odesa.

In September, the cyber police reported that scammers were hacking user accounts in a popular messenger app and sending phishing messages to the victim's contact list about receiving financial assistance from the government or from international organizations.