A Cyberwar by “Anonymous” is Being Waged in Russia against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Once Putin invaded Ukraine, Anonymous started a war on Russia via cyberspace

The hacktivists collective known as “Anonymous” has taken credit for taking down Russian government, business, and journalism websites.

According to Anonymous, Russian official television was infiltrated to broadcast images of the damage caused by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Roskomnadzor, the government body in charge of policing Russian media, had its emails and documents exposed due to the hack.

According to Fortune, as a result, the Twitter account of Anonymous, which currently has a following of over 7.9 million people, gained more than 500,000 followers.

Security Discovery co-founder Jeremiah Fowler completed research confirming Anonymous’s claims of hacking Russia. Anonymous have targeted Russian computers and websites in a coordinated attack. “Glory to Ukraine,” “Putin stop this war,” “stop war,” “no war,” and other pro-Ukrainian slogans were substituted for the original file names in 92 of the 100 Russian databases that were evaluated.

The vast majority of the data stored in the databases had been deleted. In a similar way to “MeowBot,” the hacktivists utilized software that deletes the content of files and renames them.

The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is a group of 11 republics that works together to share financial, commercial, legislative, and security information. “Putin stop this war” was the name changed on hundreds of database files. Also leaked were emails and administrator credentials.

Green Dot another Russian TV and internet provider’s database, was also hacked. Although a few database files were renamed, none were removed. A hacker could still have gotten enough information to attack other parts of the network, notwithstanding this incident.