Anonymous hacktivist group says it already has millions of leaked Russian emails. This group is waging cyberwar against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. They have attacked state institutions and the central bank.
Russia’s Culture Ministry Becomes Latest Target of Anonymous
Anonymous, a decentralized hacker group that announced via social media, has published well over 2 million emails it obtained during cyberattacks against Russian organisations. “This is just the beginning,” read a message posted on Twitter by the affiliated Anonymous TV account this past Sunday.
#OpRussia: Since declaring ‘cyber war’ on Kremlin’s criminal regime, #AnonymousMore than 2 Million Russian email messages have been released via the Internet #DDoSecretsAnd this is just the start. We will be adding more to this list over the next few days. #AnonymousOther data about Russian entities will be released by the collective. #FreeUkraine pic.twitter.com/f1povI6uF1
— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) April 10, 2022
Anonymous pledged to also release any other stolen data from Russian entities in the tweet. The collective fulfilled its promise and said Monday that it had leaked nearly 600,000.00 emails from three Russian databases.
More than 200,000 emails (or 446GB) were included in the batch, which was sent by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Hackers claim that censorship is one of the chief responsibilities of this department, which implements the state policy on arts and cares for archives.
Anonymous also published 230,000 emails, 150GB (from Blagoveshchensk’s city administration) over the last three years. Also included were 130,000 emails (116GB), from Tver governor and his staff of the past five years.
Soon after Moscow launched its military assault on Ukraine in the early hours of Feb. 24, Anonymous vowed to disrupt Russia’s internet space. Later, Russian websites were targeted by Anonymous, including those of the Kremlin as well the State Duma and Defense Ministry.
The group also threatened to hack Russian state-run TV channels “to broadcast the truth about what happens in Ukraine.” The government-funded international network Russia Today (RT) suffered a massive DDoS attack. NB65, an Anonymous affiliate also attacked the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
The hacktivist group released 28GB of information obtained from CBR in late March. The leaked documents, more than 35,000 files, were said to contain some of the monetary authority’s “secret agreements.” Anonymous has also allegedly taken down the websites of foreign companies that continue to operate in Russia.
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