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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