War in Ukraine: Anonymous attacks Auchan, Decathlon and Leroy Merlin

Since the beginning of the war in Ukrainethe hacker collective Anonymous decided to wage a “digital war” against the “criminal Kremlin regime” and the companies that support it. Hackers have already hit thousands of Russian and Belarusian state sites as well as other important websites, such as those of airports, shopping centers or banks.

On Wednesday March 23, they decided to also attack foreign companies that continue their activities in Russia. They thus hacked the websites of Auchan, Decathlon and Leroy-Merlin, three French companies which still refuse to close shop. Hacktivists have uploaded visuals to confirm these attacks.

JUST IN: #Anonymous is targeting companies that continue to operate in Russia. https://t.co/6aJxERLPNK | DOWNhttps://t.co/Pbr4FiEBvr | DOWNhttps://t.co/1skWyQCS2d | DOWN#PullOutOfRussia#OpRussiapic.twitter.com/0BEOSRq6uM

— Anonymous TV???????? (@YourAnonTV) March 23, 2022

State bank hacked

At the same time, Anonymous also claim to have hacked into the central bank of the Russian Federation and to have had access to 35,000 documents. On Twitter, the Anonymous TV account announces that it will upload thousands of files in the next 48 hours, some of which are considered “top secret”.

Last week, they had hacked into the website of the Russian state corporation for thenuclear energy Rosatom, which allegedly took control of a nuclear plant in Ukraine. According to Jerusalem Postthe hackers modified the interface of the site and also had access to GB of confidential data that they planned to put online.

JUST IN: #Anonymous is targeting companies that continue to operate in Russia. https://t.co/6aJxERLPNK | DOWNhttps://t.co/Pbr4FiEBvr | DOWNhttps://t.co/1skWyQCS2d | DOWN#PullOutOfRussia#OpRussiapic.twitter.com/0BEOSRq6uM

— Anonymous TV???????? (@YourAnonTV) March 23, 2022

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.

Posted on 02/28/2022 by Fabrice Auclert

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 Twitter, the 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 have also been noticed by cyberattacks, 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!