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March 3, 2022 07:06 pm

Anonymous-linked group hacks Russian space research site, claims to leak mission files




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In the latest salvo from hacktivists working in support of Ukraine, an Anonymous-linked group has defaced a website belonging to Russia’s Space Research Institute (IKI) and leaked files that allegedly belong to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.


As reported by Vice, hackers appear to have breached one subdomain of the IKI website, although other subdomains remain online. The compromised part of the site relates to the World Space Observatory Ultraviolet project (WSO-UV), a project similar to the Hubble Space Telescope and planned for launch in 2025.


A popular Twitter account tied to the loosely organized Anonymous movement shared details Thursday morning and attributed the action to a group known as v0g3lSec.






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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960183/anonymous-hack-russian-space-research-roscosmos-ukraine

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