Hacktivism

The unceasing action of Anonymous against Russia

This week the Anonymous collective and its affiliates have targeted multiple Russian organizations stealing gigabytes of data.

This week Anonymous and other hacker groups affiliated with the collective have launched multiple attacks against Russian government agencies and organizations.

The week started with the announcement of the hack of Russia’s Ministry of Culture, Anonymous leaked 446 GB of data through the DDoSecrets platform.

Yesterday the group ‘NB 65’ (@xxNB65) announced it has hacked Continent Express, the Russian largest independent travel agency and leaked nearly 400 GB of files and databases via the DDoSecrets platform.

Anonymous also hacked Gazprom Linde Engineering, a company that specializes in designing gas and petrochemical processing facilities and oil refineries. The hackers claim to have stolen 728GB of internal data containing 768,000 emails that leaked via DDoSecrets.

Anonymous also compromised the Russian firm Technotec and stole 495,000 emails from its systems. Technotec has provided oil and gas field services along with chemical reagents used in oil production and transportation to companies including Rosneft and Gazprom Neft since 1995.

Technotec has also partnered with Russian state research institutes, including the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise, and the Institute of Oil and Gas Issues of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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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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