Anonymous Hacker Group declares ‘Cyber War’ on Russia

A hacker group called ‘Anonymous’ have declared ‘Cyber War’ on Russia after Putin’s Administration and Military invaded Ukraine and launched missiles last week.

Anonymous announced the Cyber War on February 25th and have hit Russia’s critical infrastructure, including the Kremlin, Duma, RT.com and even the Ministry of Defense. However, few of those affected websites have been recovered now.

Who is Anonymous Hacker Group?

Anonymous is a hacking group composed of international activists and hacktivists who launch cyberattacks on several governments, government institutions, agencies, corporations and the Church of Scientology. Anonymous hackers group was first established in 2003, and is known to wear Guy Fawkes Masks as their identification to the hacking group.

The group usually modifies their voice using voice changers or text-to-speech. This hacking group has targeted government entities in the United States, Tunisia, Uganda, Israel, Iraq and private organizations like PayPal, Visa, Sony and MasterCard in recent years.

Anonymous rage and stand against Putin in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Anonymous Hacker on Feb 25th tweeted that they are actively attacking Russian infrastructure for their in-human act of bombing and shelling Ukraine in the last few days. Anonymous stands with Ukraine and wants to send a strong message to Russia about their invasion into Ukraine. Anonymous made several tweets stating that even the Russian citizens are protesting against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia will affect the citizens more than the government.

They also threatened Russia that this is just the beginning and if the invasion of Ukraine escalates further then they take hostage and compromise the countries industrial control systems. Several Twitter users were seen appreciating Anons, short name for Anonymous, for their operation in Russia.

Tweets with hashtags #OpKremlin #OpRussia were seen trending last week in support of Anonymous hackers group.

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