Cyber Anakin
editCyber Anakin is a hacktivist that started targeting Russian websites and databases as revenge for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 during the War in Donbass.
History
editOn July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukrainian airspace. In response to this, a hacktivist that goes by the pseudonym Cyber Anakin started targeting Russian websites and databases; targeted sites included Russian news and emailing site km.ru and nival.com, a Russian gaming company. These sites held sensitive information; the information gained by Cyber Anakin during the breach included dates of birth, encrypted passwords, geographic locations, and secret questions and answers, meaning that anyone with that information could log on pretending to be that user. There were 1.5 million victims. [1]
In more recent weeks, Cyber Anakin hacked a North Korean site as an April Fool's prank. This hack was motivated by Kim Jong-nam death. The hack was directed at North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, and included unflattering images and obscene slurs. [2]
Possible Targets
editOn Cyber Anakin's Reddit page, there is a list of intended targets. [3] These targets include:
- Russia
- ISIL/ISIS/DAESH and their fellow travelers.
- China
- North Korea
- Donald Trump (minor target)
Quotes by Cyber Anakin
edit"I choose the targets randomly, as long as it's Russian," Cyber Anakin told Motherboard in a Twitter message. "I hold consequentialist approach during the hack, meaning that I only care about the public shock among Russians as a result of the hack, and to show the irony that Russians can defend against Hitler but cannot defend against hacker [sic]." [1]
"I saw that their Twitter username they linked on their website is vacant," Cyber Anakin said, "so I pulled off the prank". [2]
- ^ a b "A Teen Hacker Is Targeting Russian Sites as Revenge for the MH17 Crash". Motherboard. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ a b "N Korea error promotes fake Twitter account". BBC News. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "targets - cyberanakinvader". www.reddit.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.