Hacktivism

Anonymous and the IT ARMY of Ukraine continue to target Russian entities

The popular hacking Anonymous and the IT ARMY of Ukraine continue to target Russian government entities and private businesses.

This week Anonymous claimed to have hacked multiple private businesses and leaked their data through the DDoSecrets platform.

The list of recently compromised businesses includes:

  • Forest – The hacktivists leaked 37,500 emails stolen from the company which is a Russian logging and wood manufacturing firm.
  • Aerogas –  an engineering company that focuses in the oil and gas industry. Aerogas’ clients include Rosneft, NOVATEK, Volgagaz, Purneft, and others. The hacktivists have leaked approximately 100,000 emails from Aerogas.
  • Petrofort – Petrofort is one of the largest office spaces and business centers in Saint Petersburg. The hackers have leaked approximately 300,000 emails from Petrofort.

The group of hackers known as The Black Rabbit World (@Thblckrbbtworld) who operates under the Anonymous umbrella claimed to have gained access to the CCTV system and the Kremlin. Below the message the published online:

“We won’t stop until we reveal all of your secrets. You won’t be able to stop us. “Now we’re inside the castle, Kremlin.”

This week the IT ARMY of Ukraine also announced the hack of Rossgram, a Russian version of Instagram, then the group of hacktivists created a fake Rossgram app.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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