War in Ukraine: Anonymous publishes the identity of 120,000 Russian soldiers

War in Ukraine Anonymous publishes the identity of 120000 Russian

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After the attacks Russian government sites and the hacking of TV and commercial signs remaining active in Russia, here is a new warning shot from the hacker collective Anonymous. The band announced on Twitter that he had published the personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine. Hacktivists Anonymous added that they believe these soldiers should all be tried in court for war crimes. Among the elements published are personal information such as date of birth, address, passport number, service number and the unit in which the soldiers serve.

In reality, the data collection would have been carried out a few days after the invasion by the Ukrainian media Pravda. The list of these soldiers had, moreover, been published on the media site on 1er March.

A booster shot!

This gunshot Anonymous is therefore not a novelty, but rather a wake-up call for Russian army personnel. The publication of these data comes in the wake of the discovery of several hundred civilian victims probably tortured and executed by the Russian occupier in the town of Boutcha in the north of Kyiv. On its website, the Ukrainian military intelligence service also released an excerpt from the list a few days ago. These are precisely the personnel of 64 motorized infantry brigades of the 35and army that occupied the town of Boutcha before the discovery of the massacre of civilians. Acts that Ukraine and part of the West consider to be war crimes, even genocide, carried out by Russia. The UN and the European Union intend to conduct an investigation into these possible abuses committed by the Russian army. For its part, the Kremlin denies the information by accusing Ukraine of having committed this massacre.

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The famous group of hacktivists brought down the sites Internet of French companies still in Russia. At the same time, Anonymous announce that they have hacked the servers of the State Bank of the Russian Federation and that they are going to publish tens of thousands of confidential documents.

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukrainethe hacker collective Anonymous decided to wage a “war digital 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.

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.

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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 denial of 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!

The hacktivists hacked into several Russian channels to broadcast the Ukrainian anthem and video clips on them. © YouTube, Anonymous

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