{"id":21744,"date":"2022-03-13T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=21744"},"modified":"2022-03-13T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:03:09","slug":"anonymous-declare-cyber-war-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/anonymous-declare-cyber-war-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous declare \u2018cyber war\u2019 against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>25 Feb, 2022  (RT.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RT.com has also been targeted in what appears to be a widespread denial-of-service (DDoS) attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2022.02\/xxs\/621835cb2030270f2e0cdc3b.jpg\" alt=\"Anonymous declare \u2018cyber war\u2019 against Russia\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;V for Vendetta&#8217; Guy Fawkes mask commonly used by Anonymous\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Getty Images \/\u00a0artpartner-images<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hacker collective \u2018Anonymous\u2019 has declared a&nbsp;<em>\u201ccyber war\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;against Russia, claiming to have disabled several Russian government websites and that of RT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media accounts claiming to represent the group announced on Thursday evening that they were&nbsp;<em>\u201cofficially in cyber war against the Russian government,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and had taken down dozens of websites in response to the country\u2019s military action in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The websites of the Russian government, the Kremlin, the Duma, the Ministry of Defence, and RT were all affected by the apparent cyberattack, with some of the websites slowing down and others being taken offline for extended periods throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496965766435926039&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Frussia%2F550548-anonymous-cyber-war-russia%2F&amp;sessionId=40ba304419f0b389e02dd9c08200ead76a9424fa&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496909390846341123&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Frussia%2F550548-anonymous-cyber-war-russia%2F&amp;sessionId=40ba304419f0b389e02dd9c08200ead76a9424fa&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1496976346995638272&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Frussia%2F550548-anonymous-cyber-war-russia%2F&amp;sessionId=40ba304419f0b389e02dd9c08200ead76a9424fa&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cF**k #Putin\u2026 We support the people of #Ukraine\u2026 We are legion. We will not forget the lives that have been lost under Putin&#8217;s regime,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiteMods\/status\/1496993358211960835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;one account related to the collective, while another account&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonTV\/status\/1496760429107941376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>,&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Putin criminal regime are gonna have a very hard time recovering from our attacks!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another post, an account claiming to represent Anonymous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonNews\/status\/1496954233492541444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;that while its operations were&nbsp;<em>\u201ctargeting the Russian government,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;there was also&nbsp;<em>\u201can inevitability that the private sector will most likely be affected too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSo, while people around the globe smash your internet providers to bits, understand that it&#8217;s entirely directed at the actions of the Russian government and Putin,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;the account said in a message to Russians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a decentralized collective, Anonymous does not have any central hierarchy or leadership and thus its operations have been known to take on a wide range of issues from different political perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hackers affiliated with Anonymous have previously attacked US government websites, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Westboro Baptist Church, ISIS, the Church of Scientology, and the Epilepsy Foundation \u2013 which was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2008\/03\/hackers-assault-epilepsy-patients-via-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted<\/a>&nbsp;with flashing strobes in 2008 \u2013 among many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 Feb, 2022 (RT.com) RT.com has also been targeted in what appears to be a widespread denial-of-service (DDoS) attack &#8216;V for Vendetta&#8217; Guy Fawkes mask commonly used by Anonymous\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Getty Images \/\u00a0artpartner-images Hacker collective \u2018Anonymous\u2019 has declared a&nbsp;\u201ccyber war\u201d&nbsp;against Russia, claiming to have disabled several Russian government websites and that of&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/anonymous-declare-cyber-war-against-russia\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21745,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions\/21745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}