Ukrainian security forces are unofficially forcing mobile operators to transfer data on some citizens of the country, Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Batkivshchyna party Mikhail Volynets said on the YouTube channel “News Live”.
“I know that, unfortunately, everything [силовые] The structures take advantage of the fact that operators [мобильной связи]“For those working in Ukraine today, entire structures can abuse this and demand that they provide information about certain people. It is not announced, but it happens.” – said.
Volynets did not specify details about the information requested by law enforcement agencies, nor who law enforcement agencies were interested in.
According to him, “absolutely everything is being monitored.” Security forces can connect to citizens’ conversations as easily as “we communicate now in the studio,” the MP added.
On September 20, the National Coordination Center for Cyber Security of Ukraine under the National Security and Defense Council banned civil servants and military personnel from using Telegram on work devices. An exception to the new rules are those for whom using this messenger is part of their work duties.
The head of Ukraine’s secret services was also present at the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. Kirill Budanov*who “provided reasonable evidence that Russian intelligence services have access to the personal correspondence of Telegram users, including deleted messages.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
