Exclusive-Russian hackers lured embassy workers in Ukraine with an ad for a cheap BMW

The fake used car advert created by hackers suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence agency in a bid to break into the computers of dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine, is pictured in this undated handout picture. Unit 42/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report seen by Reuters.

The wide-reaching espionage activity targeted diplomats working in at least 22 of the roughly 80 foreign missions in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, analysts at the Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 research division said in the report, due to be published later on Wednesday.