Hacking collective Anonymous declares 'cyber war' against Vladimir Putin's government before announcing they have 'taken down' website of Kremlin-backed TV channel RT The elusive computer experts issued the stark announcement on Twitter They said they were 'officially' in 'cyber war against the Russian government' Shortly afterwards they revealed they had targeted Kremlin-backed RT https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...r-war-against-Vladimir-Putins-government.html Hacking group Anonymous has declared 'cyber war' against Vladimir Putin's government after he mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The elusive computer experts issued the stark announcement on their Twitter account on Thursday evening. They said shortly before 10pm: 'The Anonymous collective is officially in cyber war against the Russian government.' Around 30 minutes later, they announced that they had taken down the website of the Kremlin-backed TV channel RT, which broadcasts in Britain and has been heavily criticised for its coverage. When MailOnline attempted to access the site this morning, it was still inaccessible and only displayed an error message that said 'this site can't be reached'. The cyber war declaration raises the prospect that Russia could be subjected to systematic hacking attempts in the coming days. Prior to the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, the country's government and banks were targeted by a massive cyber attack that was believed to have been carried out by Russia. People on social media responded positively to Anonymous's cyber war declaration against Putin. One person wrote: 'THANK YOU! Now, work on draining their finances.' Another said: 'You are awesome, thanks.' A third wrote: 'THANK YOU! I love you! The most beautiful thing EVER...' Anonymous said in their tweet about RT: 'The #Anonymous collective has taken down the website of the #Russian propaganda station RT News.' Anonymous have previously targeted groups including the Ku Klux Klan and Islamic extremists. Members are known as 'Anons' and are distinguished by their Guy Fawkes masks. In July last year, the collective warned Tesla founder Elon Musk that they planned to target him after saying he wields too much power over the cryptocurrency markets. (More at above url)
Nice cover for the CIA. We would be returning what Russia did to us when they cyber attacked the Colonial Pipeline. Then Biden steps forward and says Russians did it but it was not the government. Yeh, okay. Whatever. So if the lights go out someplace in Russia the cover story is that it is Anonymous if it is tracked to the U.S. That's fine. I like it. Dangerous game though. As when the CIA contracted with the mafia to kill Castro. They had ways of evening the score.
So far Anonymous seems to be only focused on Russian government website entities and Russian government-affiliated communication outlets such as RT. There does not seem to be any intent to hack or disrupt Russian infrastructure such as pipelines, electricity, water, etc.
Anonymous leaks database of the Russian Ministry of Defence https://cybernews.com/news/anonymous-leaks-database-of-the-russian-ministry-of-defence/ Thursday evening, the Anonymous collective declared a cyberwar against Russia as Putin's forces closed in on the Ukrainian capital. And it looks like they were serious. On Friday evening, Anonymous claimed they managed to breach the database belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defence. The group's actions appear to be part of a growing trend that is seeing a growing number of cyber soldiers take to the newest front in the war against Russia. Anonymous posted the database online and made it accessible to anyone. "Hackers all around the world: target Russia in the name of #Anonymous let them know we do not forgive, we do not forget. Anonymous owns fascists, always," the group tweeted. It seems that the database contains officials' phone numbers, emails, and passwords. Twitter users seem excited about the news and continue discussing how they could use them to harm Putin's regime. "Sign them up for GOP and Trump fundraising emails. That will be enough to drive them all crazy," one user suggested. Many encouraged each other to send spam and malware to Russians. The original tweet announcing the leak and containing the link to the database was taken down because it "violated the Twitter Rules". Anonymous updated their tweet by removing the link. Many activists took Ukraine's calls on the hacker underground to defend against Russia to heart. Earlier today, Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking down Russia's most prominent websites used to spread Kremlin propaganda. Even Pornhub had its say by blocking Russian users and greeting them with the Ukrainian flag and a message of support. Such actions represent an escalation in cyberwarfare, prompted by Vladimir Putin's shocking decision to launch a full-scale attack on Ukraine this week. Cybersecurity analysts are predicting an upsurge in defense spending across Europe for both digital and conventional warfare, while patriotic or idealistic hackers sympathetic to either side are also mobilizing. Cybersecurity firms such as disBalancer and Hacken have set up an app that can be easily downloaded, which they say allows people to conduct cyber attacks against Russian sites, while another anonymous group has developed a website tool that allows anyone with an internet connection to participate in distributed denial of service (DDos) attacks against Putin's regime. Given NATO's apparent reluctance to get involved directly in the fighting in Ukraine for fear of escalating to total - and possibly nuclear - war, it is perhaps unsurprising that the wider European conflict is being more aggressively prosecuted by digital means. To that end, Russia has also opened a cyber front. Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said the hackers were using password-stealing emails to break into Ukrainian soldiers' email accounts and using the compromised address books to send further malicious messages. According to Reuters, a Russia-based cybercrime group Conti, known for using ransomware to extort millions of dollars from US and European companies, vowed on Friday to attack enemies of the Kremlin if they respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And recently, the BBC reported that reputable cybersecurity analysts in Russia are turning 'rogue' by night, assembling their teams to conduct patriotic hacking attacks against enemies of the Kremlin. "I want to help beat Ukraine from my computer," one such actor told the BBC recently, after he and his team conducted DDos attacks on Ukrainian government websites. In a blog post, the Conti group said it was announcing its "full support" for the government of President Vladimir Putin. "If anybody will decide to organize a cyberattack or any war activities against Russia, we are going to use our all possible resources to strike back at the critical infrastructures of an enemy," the Conti blog post read.
And you provide a graphic of the headline with no url and no article. Basically entirely worthless. At least I properly provide the url and the content so people can actually read the article. And seeing how a good portion of screen shots of article headlines posted on social media & ET are doctored recently -- tell us why anyone should trust a screen shot of a headline without the url?
Well that's a couple of hours on Sunday booked in anyway. There's a loooot of Russian arsehole owned property around my apartment in Panamá. Unfortunately the database has been moved, have to look some more. https://mega.nz/file/U3JAGRKL#fvwxJOQgODvHTKK37d5vaU3eCi8E3B5atDe1fXu_Zjs