Anonymous launches cyber attack on Russian central bank: Explosive data published

Created: 03/27/2022, 13:24

By: Caroline Schäfer

The military situation in the Ukraine war is coming to a head.

Meanwhile, the hacker collective Anonymous launches the next attack in the cyber war.

Moscow – The hacker collective Anonymous already threatened cyber attacks against Russia* at the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.

After the Russian state television and streaming services as well as the German branch of the Russian energy company Rosneft had already been hacked, the activists are now said to be targeting Russia's central bank.

As the collective announced on Facebook, the hackers had penetrated the central bank's servers.

"Anonymous hacked Russia's central bank," the social media platform said on Thursday (March 24, 2022).

A total of 35,000 "secret agreement" files were to be released within 48 hours.

Cyber ​​attack on the Russian central bank: hackers capture sensitive files

According to their own statements, 28 gigabytes of data were captured in the cyber attack.

"We have distributed these documents in various places on the Internet," the activists explained on Facebook.

"We now have your economic secrets, you will tremble with fear, Putin," Anonymous continued.

The collective addressed the Russian President Vladimir Putin* directly.

A member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wearing a Guy Fawkes mask (anonymous mask) patrols downtown Kyiv on February 27, 2022.

© Aris Messinis/AFP

Anonymous activists on the Thblckrbbtworld Twitter account said the data would be available for public download.

The group also tweeted copies of Russian bank documents to back up their initial claims.

Ukraine News: Anonymous publishes explosive data on Russia

The Twitter account “YourAnonNews” also confirmed the hack.

"The hack of the Russian central bank is confirmed," it said in a tweet.

Anonymous will continue the cyber war against Russia until the Russian troops leave Ukraine*, the collective threatened.

The US portal Hackread.com has already viewed some of the leaked data.

However, due to the size, it is not possible to go through every single file.

"However, our limited analysis shows that the disclosed records contain years of financial data, with some documents dating back to 1999," the portal reported.

In addition to invoices and internal communication, there are also "notes, bank statements, names of shareholders from various banks, bank licenses, names and addresses of apparently prominent customers and clients," it said.

Hacker attack against Russia: Kremlin denies allegations

If the authenticity of the data is confirmed, the attack on the Russian central bank could be considered the worst cyber attack against the Kremlin since the beginning of the Ukraine war*.

However, Russian authorities are said to have already denied the attack.

This is reported by the editorial network Germany

The hacker group Anonymous supports Ukraine in the war against Russia*.

Most recently, current pictures from Ukraine could be seen on Russian state television due to a cyber attack.

(kas)