Cyberwarfare is Common in Russia

Uploaded on 2015-07-21 in NEWS-News Analysis, INTELLIGENCE-Hot Spots-Russia, FREE TO VIEW, TECHNOLOGY--Hackers

B79D67F9-DF57-4DD4-88D6-0DB2ADA41D10_cx0_cy9_cw0_mw1024_s_n_r1.jpgAlleged Notorious Hacker Sergei Maksimov 

Over the years, Hacker Hell has broken into the Twitter Inc and email accounts of prominent opposition leaders and bloggers. In Russia, the government controls traditional media. And President Vladimir Putin's aides run a troll factory in St. Petersburg to compromise, expose, and even hurt Putin's enemies. So, hacks, data theft, and other forms of cyberwarfare are common in Russia.

The court trials have been extended and so Sergei Maksimov is yet to be proved guilty. Whether or not Hacker Hell was working for the Kremlin, the case offers a sneak peek into Russia's heating internal cyberwarfare. Hacker Hell twice hacked the email and Twitter accounts of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He created a lot of enemies in the process of hacking popular bloggers and politicians.

Eventually, two journalists traced Hacker Hell down as Sergei Maksimov, a Russian who moved to Germany in 1997, reports Newsweek. When police came with a search warrant to Maksimov’s house upon being persuaded by Navalny, they found a document called "Gospel According to Hell," a notebook signed with "Hell", among other things.
Hackers are fighting back government-sponsored Trolls in Russia

The Kremlin may have an army of its own hackers, but some hackers have started fighting back. For over a year, a hacker group called Anonimnyi Internatsional has been leaking information from email accounts and phones of top Russian government officials. Last year, the group even hacked Twitter account of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. One of the representatives of the group told Newsweek that people providing technology for the government were "fantastically incompetent."

Anonimnyi Internatsional’s purpose is to "change the reality." The group's representative said that Sergei Maksimov was only one of the Russian hackers using the alias Hacker Hell. Many, including prominent Russian journalist Oleg Kashin, claim that Anonimnyi Internatsional, is backed by someone within the government, using these leaks for leverage in internal power struggles.

Ein News: http://bit.ly/1Spie6q

 

« 4 Signs a Board thinks Security is Better than it Is
IBM Unveils Most Powerful Chip Ever Created »

CyberSecurity Jobsite
Perimeter 81
Cyrin

Real Attacks. Real Tools. Real Scenarios.
Schedule a demo

Go Cyber

Training that transforms behaviours

Sign Up: Cyber Security Intelligence Newsletter

Directory of Suppliers

Practice Labs

Practice Labs

Practice Labs is an IT competency hub, where live-lab environments give access to real equipment for hands-on practice of essential cybersecurity skills.

Authentic8

Authentic8

Authentic8 transforms how organizations secure and control the use of the web with Silo, its patented cloud browser.

Jooble

Jooble

Jooble is a job search aggregator operating in 71 countries worldwide. We simplify the job search process by displaying active job ads from major job boards and career sites across the internet.

Syxsense

Syxsense

Syxsense brings together endpoint management and security for greater efficiency and collaboration between IT management and security teams.

ZenGRC

ZenGRC

ZenGRC - the first, easy-to-use, enterprise-grade information security solution for compliance and risk management - offers businesses efficient control tracking, testing, and enforcement.

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is the industry leader in network innovation. We provide network infrastructure and network security solutions.

Cigniti Technologies

Cigniti Technologies

Cigniti Technologies provides Independent Software Testing (IST) Services including software security testing.

IronScales

IronScales

IronScales combines human intelligence with machine learning to automatically prevent, detect and respond to email phishing attacks.

AMETIC

AMETIC

AMETIC, is the Association of Electronics, Information and Communications Technologies, Telecommunications and Digital Content Companies in Spain.

Applied Risk

Applied Risk

Applied Risk is an established leader in Industrial Control Systems security, focused on critical infrastructure security and combating security breaches that pose a significant threat.

Olfeo

Olfeo

Olfeo is a content filtering software vendor. Our proxy and filtering solution helps our customers to manage, monitor and secure their Internet traffic.

Hexnode MDM

Hexnode MDM

Hexnode MDM is an award winning Enterprise Mobility Management vendor which helps businesses to secure and manage BYOD, COPE, apps and content.

Zen360Consult

Zen360Consult

Zen360Consult provides Advisory and Training services in the field of Cyber Resilience, which includes Cyber Security /ISMS and Business Continuity.

Sovereign Intelligence

Sovereign Intelligence

Sovereign Intelligence provides automated insight into the relative intensity of hidden Cyber, Brand, and Financial Risks to your company.

Tangible Security

Tangible Security

Tangible employs the most sophisticated cyber security tools and techniques available to protect our clients’ sensitive data, infrastructure and competitive advantage.

Cira Info Tech

Cira Info Tech

Cira InfoTech’s cyber security and network consulting and managed services deliver unmatched talented resources and capabilities required to design and build an agile and adaptive IT environment.

Laneden

Laneden

Laneden specialise in helping organisations identify security concerns and quantify the risks you may have across your assets, using Penetration Testing, Threat Simulation and Compliance Testing.

CampusGuard

CampusGuard

CampusGuard focuses on the cybersecurity and compliance needs of campus-based organizations including higher education, healthcare, and state and local government.

Metallic.io

Metallic.io

Metallic (formerly TrapX) is a SaaS portfolio for enterprise-grade backup and recovery, designed to protect your data from corruption, deletion, ransomware, and other threats.

Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)

Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)

The CCTX is Canada’s not-for-profit, private-sector cyber threat sharing hub and collaboration centre.

Knostic

Knostic

Knostic is an early stage startup developing a risk management and governance platform designed for enterprise large language models (LLM).