Anonymous is an international hacktivist organization that has promised to take down Russian government websites in response to the Ukraine invasion. Anonymous claims that they have hacked into the Russian Ministry of Defense database as well as various Russian state-operated TV channels. Additionally, a spokesperson from Russia Today (RT) said that after Anonymous’ recent statement, RT websites were inundated with DDoS attacks.
Anonymous aims to laser-kill Russian government websites
Anonymous is a loosely organized international organization that wants to terrorize Vladimir Putin’s government and Russian President after Ukraine invaded it last week. “Russia may be using bombs to drop on innocent people, but Anonymous uses lasers to kill Russian government websites,” Anonymous (@youranonnews) toldIts 7.6 Million Twitter Followers on February 26,
Anonymous also shared an article. tweetSource: Netblocks. It described large-scale cyberattacks against the Kremlin State Duma (and Ministry of Defense) Netblocks tweeted:
This is confirmed: Numerous Russian government websites such as the Kremlin State Duma Ministry of Defense and Kremlin are down again. In real time, network data shows that FSO networks were affected, in line with past cyberattacks. Russia is continuing to invade Ukraine.
Anonymous emerged on 4chan’s imageboard in 2003. Traditionally, Anonymous members release videos of an individual wearing a Guy Fawkes mask from the film “V for Vendetta,” and the group uses voice changers or text-to-speech in the published videos. “We [Anonymous] just happen to be a group of people on the Internet who need—just kind of an outlet to do as we wish, that we wouldn’t be able to do in regular society,” the group’s motto says.
Russia Today (RT), hit by massive DDoS attacks
According to some reports Anonymous may have posted pro-Ukrainian patriotic song with images of war on state-operated Russian TV stations. Moreover, the report states that Russia Today (RT), a Russian news agency, discussed anonymous threats following a DDoS attack.
“After the statement by Anonymous, RT’s websites became the subject of massive DDoS attacks from some 100 million devices, mostly based in the [United States],” an RT spokesperson said. Max Keiser, who is a Bitcoin advocate, is being additionally called outOn social media, you can delete mass amounts of RT related tweets.
Because Anonymous is so informal and it’s difficult to verify whether or not the collective’s attacks are legitimate, many believe the group is simply smoke and mirrors. Anonymous has no leadership or hierarchy and because of the anonymity practices, it’s difficult to attribute any actions to the group or individual participants. However, that hasn’t stopped Anonymous from claiming to be behind significant cyberattacks during the last decade.
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