Anonymous hacks Gazprom and Russia Ministry of Defense websites

After the Ukraine attack, the hacker group Anonymous Moscow declared cyber war. The first websites of the Russian government keep failing for a short time. More could follow.

After the attack on Ukraine, the West promptly responded with economic sanctions against Russia. Anonymous also reacted on the day of the invasion. The international hacker collective declared cyber war on Putin’s government. Now the hackers have attacked the first websites.

<h3>Ukraine conflict: Anonymous wants to shut down the Kremlin</h3>

On February 24, the hackers announced via the @YourAnonOne Twitter account: “The Anonymous collective is officially in the cyberwar against the Russian government.” The hackers also announced their targets. The attacks are said to focus on Putin’s government websites and infrastructure.

One of the hacker collective’s most well-known Twitter accounts, @YourAnonNews, said: “Our operations are directed against the Russian government. It is inevitable that the private sector will also be affected.” Shortly thereafter, the hackers took action. They announced that several government sites are “down”, i.e. no longer accessible.

<h3>Anonymous hacks ministry and TV channels in Russia</h3>

The first target of the hacker attack on February 24 was the Russian state television website rt.com. Since then she has repeatedly been unavailable for short periods of time. Other Twitter users confirmed this with screenshots. The RT website is now online again. Followers of the hacker group reported this back to Anonymous.

The second cyber attack happened the next day. First, the hackers paralyzed the website of the Russian Defense Ministry. Shortly thereafter, Anonymous tweeted that it had unprotected the database of the Russian Defense Ministry’s website on the Internet.

Twitter users report in the comments under the anonymous post that the data published on Twitter has already been deleted. However, screenshots and downloads of the data were made.

<h3>Gazprom website shut down by hacker attack</h3>

Anonymous also attacked the state-owned energy company Gazprom. The hacker group announced on Twitter that it had shut down gazprom.com. To date, the website has repeatedly been unavailable for short periods.

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