Belarusian hacktivists try NFTs to support antigovernment campaign

Belarusian Cyber Partisans released NFTs based on stolen passports, but the marketplace OpenSea said the sale violated its terms of service.

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Belarusian hacktivist group releases purported Belarusian wiretapped audio of Russian embassy

The release seems designed to drive a wedge between Russia and its close ally Russia.

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Details emerge on hack of Belarusian Railways and the group behind it

In the days after a group of Belarusian hackers announced they’d breached the network of the country’s railway system, encrypted data and demanded the expulsion of Russian troops and the release of political prisoners, a lot remains unclear. But the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, the hacktivist group behind the attacks, posted a series of screenshots to Twitter Monday afternoon showing what they say show “internal assets and docs” from the hack. The group also seemed to troll Belarusian Railways with a screenshot claiming that the agency’s employees “frequently used pirated software. Do you think it’s connected to how they got hacked?” the group asked. Screenshots taken during a #ScorchingHeat cyberattack on the #belarus railroad reveal that employees frequently used pirated software. Do you think it’s connected to how they got hacked? 🙃🙃🙃 pic.twitter.com/De2R6W4Jt3 — Belarusian Cyber-Partisans (@cpartisans) January 25, 2022 It’s unclear the the extent to which the group’s hack did any […]

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Belarusian hacktivist group attacks Belarusian Railways as military frictions mount

A group of Belarusian hackers claim to have encrypted the servers, databases and workstations of Belarusian Railways with the aim of slowing down Russian troop movements as tensions continue to mount toward a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Belarus Cyber Partisans — a group of pro-democracy hacktivists who have been targeting the Russia-friendly Belarusian government with a series of hack-and-leak operations aimed to expose government corruption — tweeted mid-morning Monday U.S. time that they’d “encrypted some of BR’s servers, databases and workstations to disrupt operations.” They demanded the release of 50 political prisoners they say are the most in need of medical attention want Russian troops to stay out of their country. Franak Viacorka, an adviser to a Belarusian human rights advocate, tweeted screenshots purporting to show access to the railway company’s servers. Additional screenshots of the data were posted by the Cyber Partisans’ Telegram account. We have encryption […]

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