Anonymous International

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Anonymous Internationalis ahacking groupknown for leakingRussian governmentinformation and personal documents of government officials. They target high-ranking members of the government, large corporations, and media, and sell the stolen data. These actions are publicized on their blog,Shaltai Boltai,(Шалтай-Болтай(Russianfor 'Humpty Dumpty')), the name by which the group is also known.[1][2]Over a period of 15 months the group published information about Russian politicians on 75 separate occasions.

Anonymous International
Анонимный интернационал
Formation2013
TypeHacking,hacktivism
PurposeCyberespionage
Region
Russia
Websiteb0ltai.org

Uncovered by Anonymous International and made public in June 2014 byThe Insider,Vyacheslav Volodinis a strong supporter of the interests ofYevgeny Prigozhinand thetrollsat theInternet Research Agency.[3]

In October 2016,Vladimir Anikeyev(Владимир Аникеев), known under thehandleof "Lewis," considered the group's leader, was arrested and charged with unlawful access to computer information. In addition to Anikeyev, five more people were detained, among them one of the leaders of theFSB's Information Security Center,Sergei Mikhailov,and his deputy Dmitry Dokuchaev, as well as Ruslan Stoyanov, the former head ofKaspersky Lab's Computer Incident Investigation Department.

In October 2018, one of the co-founders of Shaltai Boltai,Alexander Glazastikov,was arrested in absentia in Russia.

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  1. ^Wright, Will (8 April 2015)."The Russian hackers taking on the Kremlin are named after Humpty Dumpty".QZ.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-07-12.Retrieved2017-07-12.
  2. ^"Meet Anonymous International, the hackers taking on the Kremlin".TheGuardian.7 April 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-07-24.Retrieved2017-07-12.
  3. ^"Судьи по вызову. Как Володин победил Forbes"[Judges on Call. How Volodin Defeated Forbes].The Insider(theins.ru)(in Russian). 23 June 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 11 December 2014.Retrieved28 October2024.
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