Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, more than two months ago, pro-Ukrainian hackers are acting all over the world, in the shadows, to weaken the Russian government.
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take down Russian symbols
These unknown hackers are taking down personalities, public organizations supported by the Kremlin, or even organizations like Transneft, a huge oil pipeline operator close to the Russian government, the Russian Ministry of Culturethe Belarusian electricity provider Elektrotsentrmontazh and even a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church that supported the war in Ukraine. The pro-Ukrainian hackers also targeted the Russian National Television and Broadcasting Corporation, known as the voice of the Kremlin and a real propaganda organ.
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Recently, it was Russian hacker Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin who came under fire from pro-Ukrainian hackers. This man has been at the top of the FBI’s most wanted list for many years. The cybercriminal, supported by the Russian government, was suspected of cyberattacks on the German Bundestag and the organization of the 2016 Olympic Games, which were held in Rio de Janeiro. A few weeks after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russia his own personal information (passport, Facebook passwords, cell phone number) were disclosed online.
“Tens of terabytes of data fall from the sky”
According to authorities, these pro-Ukrainian hackers are new and unknown actors to cybersecurity experts. According to Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, researcher for the cybersecurity group SentinelOne, “Russia is under attack on an unprecedented scale. Tens of terabytes of data are falling from the sky”. This strikes the researchers, is the nature of the attackers. Historically, Russia was systematically attacked by higher-level hackers, including the Five Eyes (an intelligence alliance comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) or the Chinese government.
Today, the scale of the leaks is simply staggering. For more than a decade, Ukraine’s governmental and financial systems have been abused by Russian state-sponsored hackers. Only in the last few years, thanks to the support of the U.S. government, that Ukrainian defenses have been able to cope with Russian aggression. As this recently thwarted cyber attack on the Ukrainian power grid. Researchers believe that the pro-Ukrainian hackers may belong to entities supported by governments of Western countries.
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