Anonymous vs. Russia But what can hackers do against a nuclear power?
Anonymous has declared cyberwar on Russia in the Ukraine conflict. Meanwhile, there have been several hacker attacks on Russia and Russia has threatened to use nuclear forces.
Who can counter this?
Can Anonymous do anything against a nuclear power ? – the answer is yes.
Hackers from the anonymous group hacked the site of the Russian state corporation for nuclear energy Rosatom on Tuesday. The corp is allegedly running Zaporizhzhya, a Ukrainian nuclear power plant seized by Russia. Anonymous changed the interface on the site and made it otherwise inaccessible. They also claimed to have gained access to gigabytes of data, which they plan to leak to the public.
Russian forces seized control of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, with parts of the plant damaged during the fighting. Both Ukraine and the rest of the world showed great concern as to the state of the plant, with Ukraine informing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) multiple times that they cannot confirm the state of the nuclear plant.
Although Russia has denied that they are planning to take over the plant completely, officials from the Rosatom state corporation had reportedly arrived in Zaporizhzhya. Rosatom claimed ownership of the plant and announced that it is now part of their firm, according to Ukraine’s state run nuclear energy company Energoatom.
This isn’t new for the Anonymous hacker group, Anonymous has been actively targeting Russia in cyberspace for months. The Anonymous hacker collective previously hacked Russian streaming services, hitting Wink and Ivi, as well as live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One and Moscow 24 to broadcast footage of the war with Ukraine.
Anonymous also posted photos on Twitter showing that, instead of regular broadcasting, a message appeared stating that “ordinary Russians are against the war” and called for Russians to oppose their government’s attack on Ukraine. Anonymous has claimed credit for several cyberattacks including DDOS attacks and the complete shutdown of government sites, which brought Russia’s media and government sector to a grinding halt on the internet.