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Hacker group Anonymous 'declares cyber war' on Russia
- azalemeth 5y agoA slightly more detailed thread is here: https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1496954233492541444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496954233492541444%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Flive%2F2022%2Ffeb%2F25%2Frussia-ukraine-invasion-latest-news-live-updates-russian-war-vladimir-putin-explosions-bombing-invades-kyiv https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1496954233492541444?... Or, unrolled: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1496954233492541444.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1496954233492541444.html It's essentially an apology and a call to arms from Anonymous. I do note that allegedly Joe Biden was presented with a "menu" of "offensive cyberops" [1]: > Two U.S. intelligence officials, one Western intelligence official and another person briefed on the matter say no final decisions have been made, but they say U.S. intelligence and military cyber warriors are proposing the use of American cyberweapons on a scale never before contemplated. Among the options: disrupting internet connectivity across Russia, shutting off electric power, and tampering with railroad switches to hamper Russia’s ability to resupply its forces, three of the sources said. > “You could do everything from slow the trains down to have them fall off the tracks,” one person briefed on the matter said. I do wonder where Anonymous falls on that spectrum... [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-presented-options-massive-cyberattacks-russia-rcna17558 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-pre...