The sites of several Ministries of Belarus were allegedly taken down by an Anonymous attack. This is part of the ongoing cyberwar Anonymous has launched to aid Ukraine. The hacking group declared it’s targeting the Belarusian government for its complicity in the Russian invasion of the neighboring country.
Anonymous Takes Offline Several Belarus Government Websites
The websites of the Belarusian ministries of economy, education, and justice, as well as the online platform of the country’s National Center for Legal Information, have been hit by Anonymous, a Twitter account associated with the decentralized hacktivist collective announced.
According to a post recently published by Anonymous TV (@YourAnonTV), the attack is in response to the involvement of Belarus in support of Russia’s ongoing military assault on Ukraine. The tweet’s authors stated that Belarus’ biggest websites were offline a few days back. Some of these websites have since been restored.
JUST IN: Large attack by #AnonymousAgainst the Belarusian government because of their complicity with the #Ukraine️ invasion. Their biggest government websites can be found here #Offline. #OpRussia #OpBelarus #FreeUkraine pic.twitter.com/b358jRwPu2
— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) May 29, 2022
Belarus has not sent its own forces to Ukraine but has allowed its closest ally, Russia, to use its territory and infrastructure for what Moscow calls a “special military operation” against the government in Kyiv. Although this attack is not the first on Belarusian government websites, Anonymous has already carried out many attacks against Russian online resources.
Soon after the Russian army crossed the Ukrainian borders in late February, the hacking group declared a cyberwar on Russia, vowing to disrupt the country’s internet space. The hacker group has since attacked Russian television channels and leaked millions of emails.
In March, the hacktivist collective announced it had published 28GB of documents belonging to the Central Bank of Russia, including some of its “secret agreements.” In early May, the Anonymous-affiliated hacking group Network Battalion 65 (NB65) said it had targeted the payment processor Qiwi. Later that month, Russia’s largest banking institution, Sberbank, also suffered a blow.
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