Detectives of the Territorial Department Economic Security Bureau in Kyiv region together with employees of the Cyber department of the Security Service of Ukraine blocked the operation of a proxy center that provided services for masking users on the Internet and could be used by russian special services for cyber attacks on the state information resources of Ukraine and for the spread of hostile propaganda.

Law enforcement officers exposed two Ukrainian citizens, residents of Poltava and Kharkiv regions who created the software and hardware complex and organized the center's work. Using VPN and PROXY servers, the service allowed subscribers from any country to impersonate Ukrainian mobile Internet users.

The center's clients also included russian citizens who remotely obtained the IP addresses of Ukrainian telecom operators.

The services were provided using servers located in russia and accessed by the aggressor country's intelligence services. This allowed the enemy to spread kremlin narratives and fake information allegedly on behalf of Ukrainian citizens.

The cost of "subscription" for the services was almost UAH 2.5 thousand per month. The defendants in the proceedings used Russian electronic payment systems banned in Ukraine as payment, maintained legal, financial and technical contacts with business entities in russia.

As a result of complex measures and searches, the found a special equipment control server, mobile phones, access to VPN administrative panels, a PROXY server, russian banned payment systems, transactions to other crypto wallets and electronic money.

Also 120 thousand dollars were found USD received from the above-mentioned illegal activity and half a kilogram of gold were also found. The organizers of the illegal activity have been detained.

The organizer of the proxy center was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 200 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal actions with transfer documents, payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, electronic money, equipment for their production).

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense stipulated by Part 2 Art. 200 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is being conducted by detectives of the Territorial Department ESBU in Kyiv region together with the SSU Cyber department under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor general's office.