The hacking group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for putting video footage of the war in Ukraine on Russian state TV.
The hacking collective #Anonymous hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine [today] pic.twitter.com/hzqcXT1xRU
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 6, 2022
Anonymous said it hacked into Russian channels early Monday morning, including Moscow 24, Channel One, and Russia 24. It also claims it targeted Russian video streaming services Wink and Ivi.
“We are involved in the biggest Anonymous op ever seen,” the hacking group wrote on Twitter. “That being said, we are worried that some governments will indeed see us as a threat and create some scenario to make us look bad (false flag). We only want peace, not war.”
Anonymous added, “Remember us when various powers turn their attention towards us, because it will happen. We can change the world for the better. That has always been the idea. Ideas are bulletproof.”
Remember us when various powers turn their attention towards us, because it will happen. We can change the world for the better. That has always been the idea.
Ideas are bulletproof.
Signed,#Anonymous— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 7, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used Russian television to tell his people Russia is on a “special military operation” and in a peacekeeping exercise due to civil war within Ukraine, led by Nazi nationalists and the expansion of NATO, according to the Daily Mail.
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The hacker’s footage displayed on Russian TV included a message that called Russians to oppose the invasion saying, “Ordinary Russians are against the war.”
No nation deserves to be invaded at the whim of a madman’s delusions. No person deserves to live under censorship where they cannot speak truth to power.
As activists, we will always fight for the oppressed!
We are #Anonymous #OpRussia pic.twitter.com/siWnvtxTum— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February 28, 2022
Anonymous has touted several cyberattacks, including shutting down the Kremlin’s website on Feb. 26 to play Ukrainian songs.
Anonymous has ongoing operations to keep .ru government websites offline, and to push information to the Russian people so they can be free of Putin’s state censorship machine.
We also have ongoing operations to keep the Ukrainian people online as best we can.— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February 26, 2022
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In the past, Anonymous has asked people to “troll” the Islamic State on Friday as part of the “World against ISIS Project,” calling on them to harass Islamic State members with mocking social media posts. In 2016, the group took credit for a cyberattack that took the state of Michigan’s website offline to retaliate for the lead-contaminated water in Flint.
Last month, a self-described “cyberterrorist” who claimed to be a member of Anonymous took credit for the breach of GiveSendGo that released the names of donors to the Canadian trucker convoy.
