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Its the right thing to do: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia
Ukraine appealed for a global army of IT experts to help in the battle against Putin and many answered the call. We speak to people on the digital frontline
Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo
Tue 15 Mar 2022 06.00 EDT
Kali learned how to use technology by playing with his grandfathers phone. Now, the Swiss teenager is trying to paralyse the digital presence of the Russian government and the Belarussian railway.
Kali and many others who contributed to this article declined to share his real name because some of the action he is taking is illegal and because he fears Russian retaliation. He is one of about 300,000 people who have signed up to a group on the chat app Telegram called IT Army of Ukraine, through which participants are assigned tasks designed to take the fight to Vladimir Putin. In so doing, they are trying to level the playing field between one of the worlds superpowers and Ukraine as it faces bombardment and invasion.
The sprawling hacker army has been successful in disrupting Russian web services, according to NetBlocks, a company that monitors global internet connectivity. It says the availability of the websites of the Kremlin and the Duma Russias lower house of parliament has been intermittent since the invasion started. The sites for state-owned media services, several banks and the energy giant Gazprom have also been targeted.
The crowdsourced attacks have been successful in disrupting Russian government and state-backed media websites, says Alp Toker, the director of NetBlocks. He adds that Russia has attempted to mitigate the attacks and deter hackers by filtering access to certain websites, which has caused further disruption.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/15/volunteer-hackers-fight-russia
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)300k? Wow!
wnylib
(21,645 posts)the Russians can't fire their missiles.
SallyHemmings
(1,823 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)launches weapons to destroy that location.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)No military knowledge here. Tyvm!
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)used by some US cities and LE to detect where gunshots originate.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)[I support]
qzwv8j
(87 posts)😎
wnylib
(21,645 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,201 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)here in the US. A divided West only serves Putin's interests.
And put Tucker and Fox News in general at the top of the list. Just disappear that smarmy little shit from the inter webs.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,808 posts)Take FOX noise off line and off the TV air waves?
Joinfortmill
(14,474 posts)Jarqui
(10,130 posts)Anyone know?
Joinfortmill
(14,474 posts)whathehell
(29,096 posts)The world coming together!
whathehell
(29,096 posts)The world coming together! Bravo!!
PatSeg
(47,625 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3825-87867
(855 posts)would have an apoplectic fit if they had to go after anyone who hacked or disturbed Fox News or any right wing or evangelical media.
After all, that MIGHT be illegal! Free speech, freedumb, aid and comfort to the enemy (legal?) yadda yadda yadda! And those who did it would have to pay ASAP!
Right! Checks in the mail.
Captain Midnight, where are you, now?
/s (in case)