In his cyber war against Russia
the activist group Anonymous has just attacked three large French companies.
The Russian sites of Auchan, Decathlon and Leroy Merlin are down for several days following a targeted attack by the group of hackers.
French companies targeted by Anonymous
In its cyber war against Russia, Anonymous is attacking French companies. Since the start of the conflict, the hacker collective has taken a stand against the invasion of Ukraine. After hacking Russian television channels to broadcast real images of the war and taking control of several hundred local cameras by broadcasting an anti-war message, Anonymous is doing it again. In his sights this time, several companies that support the Russian regime, including three French groups.
“Auchan.ru, Leroymerlin.ru, decathlon.ru DOWN” announced Anonymous on its Twitter account. Since this Thursday, March 24, the three sites have been offline following a strategic attack by the group, which indicates that it targets ” all companies that continue their activities on Russian soil “. Currently, the sites no longer work in Russia, and although Decathlon seemed to have found a solution to the problem, Anonymous had the final say.
Cyber war against Russia
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had asked French companies to leave Russia in front of French deputies. He had notably mentioned the cases of Renault, Auchan and Leroy Merlin. ” They must stop sponsoring Russia’s war machine. he said. Only Renault agreed in the evening by shutting down its Moscow plant to assess possible options. Anonymous obviously decided to act against the others.
This war against the Kremlin does not stop there. For several days, the group of hackers has been increasing attacks of this kind and has already targeted thousands of Russian or Belarusian state sites, but also shopping centers, banks and airports. Even stronger, the collective of activists announces that it has accessed more than 35,000 secret documents after attacking the website of the Central Bank of Russia and it is preparing to reveal some of them very soon.
Source: Capital
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