Hacktivism

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2022
Hacktivists hacked Russian TV schedules during Victory Day and displayed anti-war messages

Hacktivists yesterday defaced the Russian TV with pro-Ukraine messages and took down the RuTube video streaming site. Hacktivists and white hat hackers continue to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion, in a recent attack, they defaced Russian TV with anti-war messages and took down the RuTube video streaming site. The attack took place during Russia’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2022
Anonymous and Ukraine IT Army continue to target Russian entities

The Anonymous collective and the volunteer group Ukraine IT Army continues to launch cyber attacks on Russian entities. The Anonymous collective continues its cyber war on Russian businesses and government organizations. Below is the list of the most recent organizations targeted by the collective that also leaked stolen data through the DDoSecrets platform: CorpMSP is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2022
Ukraine IT Army hit EGAIS portal impacting Russia’s alcohol distribution

Ukraine IT Army launched massive DDoS attacks on the EGAIS portal that has a crucial role in Russia’s alcohol distribution. The collective of hacktivists Ukraine IT Army has launched a series of massive DDoS attacks on the Unified State Automated Alcohol Accounting Information System (EGAIS) portal, which is considered crucial for alcohol distribution in Russia. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2022
Anonymous hacked Russian PSCB Commercial Bank and companies in the energy sector

OpRussia continues, less than a week after my last update Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data via DDoSecrets. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues, the collective claims to have published more than 6 TB of Russian data via DDoSecrets. This is my update […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2022
Since declaring cyber war on Russia Anonymous leaked 5.8 TB of Russian data

OpRussia continues unabated, since declaring ‘cyber war’ on Russia Anonymous has now published approximately 5.8 TB of Russian data. The #OpRussia launched by Anonymous on Russia after the criminal invasion of Ukraine continues to collect successes, the collective claims to have published approximately 5.8 TB of Russian data via DDoSecrets. The collective vows to release […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2022
Anonymous hacked other Russian organizations, some of the breaches could be severe

The Anonymous collective and affiliate groups intensify their attacks and claimed to have breached multiple organizations. Anonymous and groups linked to the famous collective continues to target Russian organizations, the hacktivist are breaching their systems and leak stolen data online. Below the organizations breached in the last three days, since my previous update: Tendertech is […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2022
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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2022
Anonymous hacked Russia’s Ministry of Culture and leaked 446 GB

The Anonymous collective has hacked Russia’s Ministry of Culture and leaked 446 GB of data through the DDoSecrets platform. Data leak service DDoSecrets has published over 700 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian government, including over 500,000 emails. The dump includes three datasets, the largest one is related to the Ministry of Culture […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2022
NB65 group targets Russia with a modified version of Conti’s ransomware

NB65 hacking group created its ransomware based on the leaked source code of the Conti ransomware and targets Russia. According to BleepingComputer, NB65 hacking group is targeting Russian organizations with ransomware that they have developed using the leaked source code of the Conti ransomware. The NB65 hacking group, since the beginning of the invasion, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2022
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 […]