Hacktivists are spam calling Russian officials and they want your help
Created by a hacktivist collective known as Obfuscated Dreams of Scheherazade , the website connects two random Russian officials in a three-way call so you can listen to the confusion that ensues. The group claims its database contains more than 5,000 Russian government phone numbers, including ones linked to the country’s FSB intelligence agency.
it made to protect the identity of anyone who ends up using the website. If you can’t speak to the people on the other end, you won’t have the opportunity to give up identifying information. How Russia might respond to the robocalls is unclear. When Engadget tried to place a call, an error message came up. “Sorry, we’re currently experiencing some issues with our phones,” it said. “Give us a few moments.”had better luck than us. For them, the system successfully connected a dozen Russian officials with one another, though those calls ended in static.
At the onset of the war, it was expected the Kremlin would go on a digital offensive, using its hacking expertise to weaken western infrastructure. But outside of a few
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