With the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the night of February 24, the cyber world was also in turmoil. While Russian hackers and many hackers in the Western world were attacking infrastructures and many points, the world’s largest hacker community Anonymous had officially declared war on Russia. The group also crashed the government’s websites for a while.
Last night, there was a resounding attack from the group. Anonymous attacked the Russian broadcasting platforms Wink and Ivi and reflected the images of the war in Ukraine on some Russian television channels. These channels also included the Russian state-owned channels Russia 24, Channel One and Moscow 24.
The message was reflected on Russian televisions:
In the attack, which took place in days when the propaganda in the Russian media and the fact that the truth was not broadcast in the attacks on Ukraine, the screens were screened with images from Ukraine. . However, the group also projected a message aimed at mobilizing Russian citizens on the screens:
“We are ordinary citizens of Russia. We are against war on Ukrainian soil. Russia and the Russians against the war! This war was waged on behalf of ordinary Russian citizens by Putin’s murderous, authoritarian regime. The Russians oppose the genocide in Ukraine.”
Anonymous, in addition to this attack, also broadcast on the Russian military radio in a way that created a troll face. That sound on the radio and its visual equivalent were as follows: