War in Ukraine: Anonymous attack Russia

After attacking the CIA or the Islamic State in recent years, the hacker collective Anonymous has decided to attack Russia. Television channels and official government sites have been hacked.

The war in Ukraine is also being played out in cyberspace, and we know that Russia is one of the most advanced countries in matter cybersecurity but also in hacking. Except that his attempted invasion of Ukraine woke up the Anonymousthis collective of hackers who play the “Robin des wood online, and who had made himself known in the past by attacking the CIA, the Church of Scientology, the Syrian regime or the Islamic State.

This weekend, the group claimed responsibility for the hacking of a database of the Russian Ministry of Defense and he allegedly hacked several state television channels to broadcast pro-Ukrainian content, including songs ” for Russians to learn Ukrainian easily ”… Everything takes place behind the scenes, far from the combat zones, but the attacks are varied and they obviously disturb the Russian strategy.

The Kremlin site still inaccessible

Thus, in messages posted on Twitterthe Anonymous explain having launched attacks by denied service to bring down several government websites, and that of Russia Today, the state-backed media outlet. This Monday morning, the official websites of the Kremlin and the Ministry of Defense were still inaccessible!

On the Russian side, we were also noticed by cyber attacks, and it was rather before the invasion with DDoS attacks against the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and PrivatBank, the largest commercial bank in Ukraine. It’s just taking down websites. But there are also viral attacks, much more dangerous, like the unprecedented one with the use of a whole new “wiper” malware. Objective: erase everything!