The online group known as Anonymous appears to be entering the Ukraine-Russia conflict by declaring cyber war against Vladimir Putin and the Russian government.
— with 7.4 million followers and nearly 190,000 Tweets — summoned hackers around the world to target Russia.
Russia may be using bombs to drop on innocent people, but Anonymous uses lasers to kill Russian government websites.Subsequent posts took credit for disrupting Russian internet service providers, leaking documents and emails from the Belarusian weapons manufacturer Tetraedr, and shutting down a gas supply provided by the Russian telecommunications service Tvingo Telecom.
It's one of many Twitter accounts that purport to act under the larger umbrella of Anonymous-affiliated social media accounts, although it appears to be one of the largest.
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