The German branch of the Russian energy company Rosneft also confirmed the attack, saying that it turned to the German police immediately after finding a security breach. However, the company’s own deliveries and business in Germany should not have been affected, the daily die Welt said.
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However, the hackers themselves claim to have obtained 20 TB of data from compromised computer systems, including backups of executives’ laptops. They reportedly managed to gain access to dozens of mobile devices during the attack, which they could even delete remotely.
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The obtained data will now be analyzed by hackers, but they do not plan to publish the entire package yet. Anonymous attack was justified by the invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine.
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The chairman of the supervisory board of the German branch of the Russian energy company is former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who has recently been harshly criticized for his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Rosneft has shares in three German refineries – namely PCK Raffinerie, MiRO and Bayernoil. The company is responsible for about a quarter of total oil imports to Germany.
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The hackers declared war on Russia
At the end of February, the Anonymous movement declared a cyber war on Russia, so the hackers responded to the invasion of the armed forces in Ukraine. After the first week, they managed to attack 2,500 Russian and Belarusian targets.
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DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks were most often used during these cyber raids. They always have the same scenario: hundreds of thousands of computers start accessing a particular server at one time. He usually can’t handle such a large number of requests and falls. For ordinary users, the infected website then appears to be inaccessible.
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According to ABC News, the websites of the Kremlin, the Russian government and the websites of the Russian Ministry of Defense have also been decommissioned. This is exactly how RT’s website, formerly known as Russia Today, was repeatedly taken out of service.
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However, the hackers also managed to attack the computer systems of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, as the Russians allegedly lost control of the spy satellites. This was achieved by the hacker group NB65, which is affiliated with Anonymous.
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