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More Than 400,000 People Have Volunteered to Help Ukraine Hack and Disrupt Russian Targets

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More Than 400,000 People Have Volunteered to Help Ukraine Hack and Disrupt Russian Targets

Anonymous hacked into Russian state channels to show messages, Anonymous claims take-down of FSB website, Tech giants pull out of Russia, Lapsus$ releases massive Samsung data leak, much more

Cynthia Brumfield
Mar 7, 2022
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More Than 400,000 People Have Volunteered to Help Ukraine Hack and Disrupt Russian Targets

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Victor Zhora, deputy chief of Ukraine’s information protection service, said that more than 400,000 people have volunteered to help a crowdsourced Ukrainian government effort using digital means to disrupt Russian government and military targets.

The social media app Telegram’s channel for the Ukrainian government-endorsed “IT Army” has attracted more than 283,000 members. Thousands of others have joined other Telegram groups orchestrating hacks targeting Russian assets. (Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg)

Related: Associated Press Technology, BNN Bloomberg, New York Times, The Record, Slashdot

The Anonymous hacker group claimed it hacked into the Russian streaming services of state television channels used by the Russian authorities for propaganda and fake news, showing messages that ordinary Russians were against the war in Ukraine and a call to Russians to oppose the Russian genocide in Ukraine.

“The hacking collective Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (…

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