Anonymous also signaled that it intends to ramp up cyber-attacks on the Russian state, tweeting out that: “We are convinced that sanctions against Putin’s criminal regime will have no effect. We call on countries that support #Ukraine to sever ties with #Russia and expel Russian ambassadors. #Anonymous will intensify cyber-attacks on the Kremlin this afternoon. (Moscow Time) #OpRussia.”
Cyber Partisans also hacking Russia
Before the full-scale invasion, the Russian military was massing troops at the Ukrainian borders. Another hacktivist group known as Cyber Partisans hacked a Belarusian railway system to disrupt troop and weapon buildup.
The railway was allegedly being used by the Russian military to move the weapons into a region of Belarus, a key strategic area for Moscow’s planned invasion.
The Cyber Partisans demanded Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to stop aiding the Russian military.
“The government continues to suppress the free will of Belarusians, imprison innocent people, they continue to unlawfully keep… thousands of political prisoners,” a spokesperson for the hacktivists told Ars. They added that they want to overthrow “Lukashenko’s regime.”
