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Anonymous vows to continue cyber war against Putin’s Russia until aggression in Ukraine stops

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Carmela Chirinos
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April 11, 2022, 4:50 PM ET
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Hacker collective Anonymous continues to monitor Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and reports that it will continue its cyber war until Russia’s aggression stops.

In a recent tweet, Anonymous said it will continue hacking and releasing confidential information. The declaration came after recent reports of Russia’s brutality in Ukraine.

The hacking will continue until Russia stops their aggression. #OpRussia#Anonymous

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 11, 2022

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the collective has leaked the data of 120,000 Russian soldiers. It also took over state-controlled television to show the real devastation in Ukraine.

The Anonymous collective is officially in cyber war against the Russian government. #Anonymous#Ukraine

— Anonymous (@YourAnonOne) February 24, 2022

It also retweeted the S&P report that Russia had defaulted on its foreign debt by offering to pay in rubles.

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&Phttps://t.co/al7Wbp27o9

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 11, 2022

Until last week, Russia had access to some of its frozen assets to pay back some of its investors in dollars. However, last week, the U.S. treasury blocked the country’s access to its reserves in American banks. 

Anonymous attacking Russia

Since the Ukraine invasion began in February, Anonymous has led a cyber war against Russia, claiming it successfully hacked into government and bank records.

Anonymous publicly said it hacked the personal information of 120,000 Russian soldiers, including dates of birth, addresses, passport numbers, and unit affiliations. 

Statement: Personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine was leaked –
https://ddosecrets[.]com/wiki/Russian_soldier_leak
All soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine should be subjected to a war crime tribunal.

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 3, 2022

Anonymous also claimed it hacked the country’s central bank and stole 35,000 files. A Twitter account affiliated with the collective posted images of some of the alleged stolen documents.

https://twitter.com/Thblckrbbtworld/status/1506751109297287174

The collective also proudly posted on the official AnonymousTwitter account that it had hacked Russian television channels to show citizens the devastation of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

JUST IN: The hacking collective #Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from #Ukraine. #TangoDown#OpRussiapic.twitter.com/2V8opv7Dg9

— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) March 6, 2022

The hackers have also hacked a censorship agency, government, corporate, and news websites. 

It's open season on all Russian government servers.#Anonymous#OpRussia

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 4, 2022
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