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The Anonymous hacker collective launched a cyberwar against Russia as Putin’s forces closed in on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
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According to Reuters, requests for volunteers began to appear on hacker forums on Thursday morning, as many residents fled the capital Kyiv.

On Thursday evening, the Anonymous hacker collective started pooling its resources to help support Ukraine against Russians.

“The Anonymous collective is officially in cyberwar against the Russian government" - the group tweeted.

On Thursday, Reuters reported that the websites of the Russian president, government, and State Duma lower house of parliament were intermittently unavailable for users in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the website of the ‘Russian propaganda station RT News’ and some other news channels.

NBC News suggested that the US president was presented with options to carry out cyberattacks against Russia. The White House denied the report, saying it is ‘wildly off base.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened countries that may be ‘tempted to intervene,’ and Ukraine’s allies are now on high alert of possible cyber attacks.

Earlier this week, several European Union countries sent teams of cybersecurity experts to Ukraine to help deal with cyber threats.EU officials fear that attacks targeted at Ukraine can put Eastern EU and NATO members in the Baltic states at risk of cyberattacks.

According to Chester Wisniewski, a principal research scientist at Sophos, organizations in countries surrounding Ukraine should be prepared to be drawn into any online mischief, even if they are not operating directly inside Ukraine.

“From a global perspective, we should expect a range of “patriotic” freelancers in Russia, by which I mean ransomware criminals, phish writers and botnet operators, to lash out with even more fervor than normal at targets perceived to be against the Motherland,” Wisniewski said in a blog post.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) called for Australian organizations to assess their preparedness to respond to any cyber security incidents that may arise from attacks against Ukraine.

“Organisations should also assess their preparedness to respond to any cyber security incidents, and should review incident response and business continuity plans.”

Recently, Ukrainian government websites suffered a DDoS attack. Websites of the Ukrainian parliament, Council of Ministers, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs were not responding.

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[jamesevans]

I’m glad we have people willing to do cyber warfare on our side since we all know it only a matter of time before Russia starts using cyber warfare in this war mostly likely to start getting revenge on countries that have given military aid such as weapons and training to Ukrainian forces

[senpai_oso]

You know it's bad when even anonymous has to step in

[smsteph]

I wish I knew the words to say to express my appreciation for what you are doing! I know there are a lot of rumors saying you are on the other side but I don't believe that. Let the world know what we can do to help because we don't need nuclear war in any country. ANONYMOUS ROCKS! Keep doing what you are doing because you may end up being our only defense.

[johnathanwatsonson]

To the Members of Anonymous whoever you are . Thank you so much for going after russian state networks. You have saved countless lives already. No russian unit will move an inch without the OK from putin "pootin lol" Disrupting their communications networks is stopping units on the ground. Some are even running out of fuel now. You are making the difference . Please continue to fight for the people of the Ukraine. You are all Heroes of Ukraine .

[bruhism]

I respect Anynomous very much, if you are a part of this group which u doubt you are here, if you are, I thank you sincerely.

[WickedSmaaht]

Those people in Ukraine are doing outstanding work right now, please help them!!!

[louisalvarez]

This was the first time seeing AI generated news. Very impressive, looking forward to seeing how the technology continues to advance!

[MunkyRey]

Thank you anonymous, I hope in the next life I can be on your team. Unfortunately I’m not gifted, but I least I get to help all strays animals

[jabirujoe]

I guess the good thing about being anonymous is that you get to have a selective conscious.

[gretagutierrez-colomer]

“I don’t know what the third world war might be like, I only know that the fourth will be with rocks and spears.”- Einstein

[patrickrodgers]

I support you anonymous keep up the good fight

[billmcgran]

Great job 👏 on shuting down Russias Kremlin ! Everyone owes you a hole lot of gratitude .

[mongorians]

How can the average net user help these efforts? I don't know much about hacking specifically but I'm willing to do whatever it takes to help and I know many others who would be as well.

[Krecoiroc]

Gdyby człowiek umiał, to bym im pomógł

[BobMarleey]

They say they declared cyberwar on Putin, not Russia! Caption this

[catrush]

From wanted to heroes... Great news, I feel happy to this smart men and women..

[AngelAngel-njef]

Thank you Anonymous we can Always rely on you for Justus. Keep up the good work where all behind you 👍

[alpenglow]

From his gold gilded chair, he casts suffering upon the poor and the children. We are all of the blood of the human family.

[Wendigo_Rye]

Damn imagine if they disabled ICBM’s or their trajectory.