The cyber war of Anonymous against the Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. This time a group connected to the collective Anonymous would have spread over 900 thousand emails and 4 thousand files Of VGTRKissuer Russian TV and radio. There are files of the last twenty years of what we could call the “RAI” of Moscow.
Anonymous publishes 900,000 emails from VGTRKRussian TV and radio broadcaster
Vserossijskaja gosudarstvennaja televizionnaja i radioveščatelnaja kompanija (VGTRK) is the name of the Russian flag broadcaster. A public company that manages five national television channelstwo international networks, five radio stations and over 80 regional TV and radio networks. A kind of RAI counterpart, but under the Russian flag.
The hacker group NB65 (Network Batallion 65) reportedly delivered over 900,000 emails to Anonymous hackers. That Anonymous he then published on DDoSecrets, the site dedicated to the collective of hackers for the publication of the materials stolen with their shots.
The archive contains files relating to the administration and management of the various broadcasters dating back to the last 20 years. There are 800 gigabytes of data, with over 900 emails and four thousand documents potentially confidential.
Perhaps even too many for careful analysis. But hackers are betting on big numbers: other hacktivists will be able to download the huge archive via torrent and analyze it for keywords. Maybe about the relations with the Putin governmentas Anonymous accused the broadcaster of censoring information about the conflict in Ukraine.
In recent days, Anonymous shared the data of 120,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine attacked the Orthodox Church. And it seems to want to aim for China too, which is not doing so boycotting Russia. We will keep you posted on the collective’s next hits in this ongoing digital conflict.