Ukraine's ATO HQ retakes control of its Facebook page after hacker attack

13:15, 12.10.2016 1 min read

The press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters has taken control of its official Facebook page, which was hacked a week ago.

As of 11:20 local time on Wednesday, October 12, the Facebook account of the ATO HQ pres center has updated a profile picture and a cover photo and deleted anti-Ukrainian posts and images, which were published by hackers.

The ATO HQ has also posted a new update on the military situation in the ATO zone as of 06:00 local time on October 12.

As was reported, the official Facebook page of the ATO HQ press center was hacked on October 5. The hackers changed the profile picture and the cover photo. They also started publishing anti-Ukrainian posts.