Anonymous leaks database of the Russian Ministry of Defence
25 February 2022
Thursday evening, the Anonymous collective declared a cyberwar against Russia as Putin's forces closed in on the Ukrainian capital. And it looks like they were serious.
On Friday evening, Anonymous claimed they managed to breach the database belonging to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Anonymous posted the database online and made it accessible to anyone. "Hackers all around the world: target Russia in the name of #Anonymous let them know we do not forgive, we do not forget. Anonymous owns fascists, always," the group tweeted.
It seems that the database contains officials' phone numbers, emails, and passwords. Twitter users seem excited about the news and continue discussing how they could use them to harm Putin's regime.
"Sign them up for GOP and Trump fundraising emails. That will be enough to drive them all crazy," one user suggested.
Many encouraged each other to send spam and malware to Russians. The original tweet announcing the leak and containing the link to the database was taken down because it "violated the Twitter Rules". Anonymous updated their tweet by removing the link.
Many activists took Ukraine's calls on the hacker underground to defend against Russia to heart. Earlier today, Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking down Russia's most prominent websites used to spread Kremlin propaganda. Even Pornhub had its say by blocking Russian users and greeting them with the Ukrainian flag and a message of support.
Meanwhile, Russia has also opened a cyber front. Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said the hackers were using password-stealing emails to break into Ukrainian soldiers' email accounts and using the compromised address books to send further malicious messages.
According to Reuters, a Russia-based cybercrime group Conti, known for using ransomware to extort millions of dollars from US and European companies, vowed on Friday to attack enemies of the Kremlin if they respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In a blog post, the Conti group said it was announcing its "full support" for the government of President Vladimir Putin.
"If anybody will decide to organize a cyberattack or any war activities against Russia, we are going to use our all possible resources to strike back at the critical infrastructures of an enemy," the Conti blog post read.
Ukrainian activists release personal data of more than 100 thousands of Russian soldiers
On February 18, before the start of the Russian invasion, the US intelligence warned that Russia had compiled long lists of Ukrainians who would resist the invasion using military or non-violent means and who are targeted to be killed or tortured to death in concentration camps, if Russia’s invasion plans succeed.
Today is the third day of Russian artillery and rocket strikes on the peaceful cities of Ukraine. The first strikes came at 5am on February 24th and resulted in casualties among both the military and civilians. And while the whole world is hesitating, trying to figure out if they should be afraid of Russia, or apply personal sanctions to the Russian leaders, or cut off Russia from SWIFT, Ukrainians are bravely standing against the army of the largest country in the world. The international volunteer community InformNapalm believes that the world needs to have as much information as possible to help investigate in the future the multitudes of Russian war crimes. We do not judge; we only make public the data that has immense public value for meeting today’s challenges.
Earlier this year, the E_N_I_G_M_A hacker group published the first part of a large-scale leak of the personal data of Russian soldiers, totaling 22,713 individuals.
InformNapalm volunteers compared the data in this leak with our database of OSINT investigations that contains over 2630 soldiers that have participated in the Russian aggression since 2014. We found 8 people in the leak that have also been identified in our investigations. In particular there are soldiers of the following units: 02511 (138th Motorized Infantry Brigade), 06017 (336th Marine Brigade), 32406 (53th Air Defense Brigade – the one that shot down the flight MH17), 12102 (20th Chemical Defense Regiment), 54046 (3rd Motorized Infantry Division).
This match suggests that the leaked list may include many other Russian soldiers who are connected to the aggression against Ukraine in 2014-2021 or to the current invasion.
Here is the leaked data, with our addition of a separate list of the 8 soldiers found in both lists. Table of 22,713 Russian soldiers
Recently the hackers released the second part of the list that contains 97,266 individuals, including their passport data, military ranks, units, etc. It is available here.
Considering that following the order of the dictator and the war criminal Putin, the Russian Army has begun a massive invasion against Ukraine and that we now don’t have the time to verify every person on the list, we are publishing the data as is since it is important for the public as a tool for future investigation of war crimes of the Russian Army in Ichkeria, Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine.
Please save this data, we will need it to find every single war criminal and judge them based on their actions in those wars.
Glory to Ukraine!
Read more related material from InformNapalm:
Proofs of the Russian Aggression: InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence
Volunteers gathered evidence of 35 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea
Advanced Russian artillery reconnaissance system Navodchik-2 spotted in Donbas for the first time
By end of year, Russia plans to set up twenty new military units near its western borders
On February 18, before the start of the Russian invasion, the US intelligence warned that Russia had compiled long lists of Ukrainians who would resist the invasion using military or non-violent means and who are targeted to be killed or tortured to death in concentration camps, if Russia’s invasion plans succeed.
Today is the third day of Russian artillery and rocket strikes on the peaceful cities of Ukraine. The first strikes came at 5am on February 24th and resulted in casualties among both the military and civilians. And while the whole world is hesitating, trying to figure out if they should be afraid of Russia, or apply personal sanctions to the Russian leaders, or cut off Russia from SWIFT, Ukrainians are bravely standing against the army of the largest country in the world. The international volunteer community InformNapalm believes that the world needs to have as much information as possible to help investigate in the future the multitudes of Russian war crimes. We do not judge; we only make public the data that has immense public value for meeting today’s challenges.
Earlier this year, the E_N_I_G_M_A hacker group published the first part of a large-scale leak of the personal data of Russian soldiers, totaling 22,713 individuals.
InformNapalm volunteers compared the data in this leak with our database of OSINT investigations that contains over 2630 soldiers that have participated in the Russian aggression since 2014. We found 8 people in the leak that have also been identified in our investigations. In particular there are soldiers of the following units: 02511 (138th Motorized Infantry Brigade), 06017 (336th Marine Brigade), 32406 (53th Air Defense Brigade – the one that shot down the flight MH17), 12102 (20th Chemical Defense Regiment), 54046 (3rd Motorized Infantry Division).
This match suggests that the leaked list may include many other Russian soldiers who are connected to the aggression against Ukraine in 2014-2021 or to the current invasion.
Here is the leaked data, with our addition of a separate list of the 8 soldiers found in both lists. Table of 22,713 Russian soldiers
Recently the hackers released the second part of the list that contains 97,266 individuals, including their passport data, military ranks, units, etc. It is available here.
Considering that following the order of the dictator and the war criminal Putin, the Russian Army has begun a massive invasion against Ukraine and that we now don’t have the time to verify every person on the list, we are publishing the data as is since it is important for the public as a tool for future investigation of war crimes of the Russian Army in Ichkeria, Georgia, Syria, and Ukraine.
Please save this data, we will need it to find every single war criminal and judge them based on their actions in those wars.
Glory to Ukraine!
Read more related material from InformNapalm:
Proofs of the Russian Aggression: InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence
Volunteers gathered evidence of 35 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea
Advanced Russian artillery reconnaissance system Navodchik-2 spotted in Donbas for the first time
By end of year, Russia plans to set up twenty new military units near its western borders
KIMBERLY RICCI
The Russian invasion and deadly bombing of Ukraine has left a lot of people staring at their TV and computer screens and wondering what, if anything, can be done to help. There’s not much direct action for most of us to take, unfortunately, although Chris Evans has called attention to how a former Ukrainian president was poisoned and disfigured while running against a pro-Russia candidate.
Anonymous, of course, doesn’t exist behind verified accounts on Twitter, given the nature of their anonymity, but they’re apparently standing with Ukraine. One purported Twitter account declared that they’re intending to “change the world” and “stand up against anything.” The account also called for the Russian people to take a stand against this war as well.
The customary “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. Expect us” mantra does not bode well for Russia so far. The group claimed to have breached (and subsequently leaked) database information from the Russian Ministry of Defence.
In addition, the group announced that they took down the RT News website that corresponds to the Russian state (propaganda) TV station of the same name.
The RT News editor-in-chief confirmed (via Twitter) that the site was attacked but that “RT has been able to repel the hit on their servers.”
The decentralized collective can be found across many Twitter handles, but one account in particular is expressing a lot of the group’s apparent rationale. “When the world turns to chaos because of fools leading other fools to violence, we may feel powerless,” they wrote. “Understand together we are not powerless. Even a singular voice of reason in the darkness can be a beacon of light for many. Speak out. Be heard. Be righteous in all that you do.”
And if anyone wants to thank Anonymous, they’re not having it. “No need to thank us, seriously,” they wrote. “We’re just doing what we think is right because if no one stands up against oppression, who will? Everyone should be standing up at this point. We’re in 2022, not 1922.”
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