In the current Russia-Ukraine war cyber-criminal organizations and hacktivist groups immediately took sides. The hacktivist Anonymous began a cyberwar on the Kremlin. 

The Conti ransomware gang came out for the Russians. This is no surprise since they have long been suspected of links to the Russian government. 

After Conti’s announcement, some of their insiders broke with the group and leaked their communications and capabilities.

Anonymous has been on the attack since Putin began the invasion on February 24. The hacker group made a full-scale two-day attack on over 300 Russian government sites. And took some of the sites off-line for hours at a time. 

They tweeted out a video that reviewed the situation. And it ended with “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. Expect us.”

Hactivist also began offering Putin's troops £40,000 ($52,460 USD) to give their tanks to Anonymous. The troops were advised to surrender with a white flag and use the password "million" to show that they accepted the terms.

Anonymous claims they are operating off a war chest worth millions of dollars.

Hacktivist Anonymous attacks Russia

The latest hack attack was to unmask Russian soldiers.

News that hundreds of innocent Ukrainian citizens have been killed in the Russia's failed siege of capital city Kyiv has shaken the world. And human rights campaigners are documenting murders, rapes and kidnappings in the area. 

Anonymous chose to detail all those that are part of the invasion.

The hacking group Anonymous claims it has released the details of 120,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Names, addresses, birthdates and even passport numbers were included in the strategic hack of Russian data.

It tweeted out that "Personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine was leaked. All soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine should be subjected to a war crime tribunal."

Anonymous also claimed it had made public 15 GB of data stolen from the charity wing of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Last month, Anonymous said it successfully shut down Russia's space agency system. Claiming that Roscosmos had "no more control over their spy satellites".

Director-General, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin denied the hack ever happened. In a tweet statement, he denounced Anonymous "The information of these scammers and petty swindlers is not true. All our space activity control centers are operating normally."

In the meantime, hacktivist Anonymous is not the only hacking collective attacking Russian interests. 

The New York Post released a statement "We are recording unprecedented attacks on the websites of government authorities," said Russia's Ministry of Digital Development and Communications.