So Federov is using social media to ask for help. Public letters to Facebook/Meta/Instagram, PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and YouTube to name a few are getting some tentative responses.
Twitter is not allowing new Russian users. YouTube is demonetizing Russian news media. Facebook/ Meta has developed a policy to respond. And they say they have been kicking some Russian threat actors off the platform.
Calling all hackers
The hacktivist group Anonymous has already declared a cyber war on Russia. And the Cyber Partisans hackers have taken credit for a ransomware attack on the Belarusian railway system. They were able to slow down and to disrupt troop and weapon buildup at the border.
We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents. All operational tasks will be given here: https://t.co/Ie4ESfxoSn. There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists.
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022
Fedorov is also calling for an army of hackers to join him in the cyber war against Russia.
He tweeted out, “We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents. All operational tasks will be given here: https://t.me/itarmyofurraine. There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists.”
