As you know, on the night of February 21 to February 22, Putin announced that he had decided to officially recognize the so-called administration of the Russian separatists in Ukraine, and Russia had begun the invasion of Ukraine. After the Russian army entered Ukraine, armed conflicts began, and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians began to leave their country to escape the war.
However, besides armed conflict, there is also a ‘cyber’ aspect of war. Since the outbreak of the war, many state-owned websites and banks have been cyber-attacked in Ukraine, while the Russian government’s websites have crashed. With the involvement of many hacker groups, such as the world-famous hacker group Anonymous, into the cyber warfare, the cyber warfare flared up. So, which hacker group supports which country in this cyber war between Russia and Ukraine? Let’s take a look at whose side the hacker groups are on, based on what ZetLorento has compiled on Twitter.
Which hacker group supports which country in the cyber war between Russia and Ukraine?
Hacker groups that are on the side of Ukraine in the cyber war
Anonymous, GNG and much more
The world’s most famous hacker group Anonymous sided with Ukraine in the war. Anonymous, declaring that it has declared war against Russia in the cyber world, has been periodically conducting cyber attacks on the websites of many Russian governments and media organizations such as RT. It is stated that these attacks do not only consist of DDoS (denial of service) attacks, which are the temporary or indefinite blocking of access to a website.
GNG, a hacker group affiliated with Anonymous, likewise supports Ukraine. GNG, which recently launched a cyber attack on SberBANK, a Russian-based bank, announced that it carried out this attack in order to support the right of Ukraine.
Apart from these, groups such as DeepNetAnon, DDoSecrets, Ghost Security, which was established to attack websites belonging to ISIS, are also on the side of Ukraine.
Hacker groups that are on the side of Russia in the cyber war
Although the number of hacker groups supporting Ukraine in the war is quite impressive, this is the world’s most powerful cyber warfare group. This does not mean that there are no hacker groups siding with Russia, one of their states.
Conti, which is a very successful team in critical infrastructure, stated that it will defend Russia to defend its resources, and declared that it is on Russia’s side in the cyber war. Minsk-based hacker group UNC1151 is one of those who sided with Russia in the war. In addition, Zatoichi, who is on the side of Russia, supports cyber war by spreading information pollution.
Hacker group SandWorm is also on the side of Russia’s supporters. Ransomware expert Allan Liska of Recorded Future states that SanWorm and UNC1151 are extremely dangerous and should be monitored closely. In addition, all the hacker groups listed below support Russia in this cyber war.
Hacker groups supporting Ukraine
- Anonymous
- GNG
- DeepNetAnon
- DDoSecrets
- Ghost Security
- IT Army of Ukraine
- AgainstTheWest
- SHDWsec
- Belarusian Cyber Partisans
- KelvinSecurity
- Raidforums
Hacker groups supporting Russia
- Conti
- UNC1151
- Zatoichi
- Freecivillian
- The Red Bandits
- Sandworm
- Coomingproject
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