Ukraine war: Anonymous hacks Russia's central bank - explosive data published
Created: 03/29/2022, 22:57
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.
Ukraine News: Cyber attack on Russian central bank – Anonymous 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.
Demonstrators with Anonymous masks.
(symbol photo) © Sergio Acero/picture alliance/dpa
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 support 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.
A member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces wearing a Guy Fawkes mask (anonymous mask) patrols downtown Kyiv on February 27, 2022.
© Aris Messinis/AFP
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.
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.
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*fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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.
