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> "Anonymous" hacks are just a cover for state level or state-backed actors Not sure about that. Most of the recent ones against Russia seemed fun level hacks
by petre 5y ago
> "Anonymous" hacks are just a cover for state level or state-backed actors
Not sure about that. Most of the recent ones against Russia seemed fun level hacks like defacing official websites.
State level actor hacks usually incapacitate infrastructure like the alleged Russian attack on Viasat that screwed up Enercon wind farms or the Israeli attack on Iranian uranium gas centrifuges.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996187/russian-military-hack-viasat-internet-satellite-ukraine https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996187/russian-military...
This data theft is a bit different. Central bank transaction intel could be very useful for future sanctions.