Hacker Group Anonymous Declares 'Cyber War' On Putin's Russia

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIKA. >> ALL RIGHT, THE NOTORIOUS HACKING GROUPS, ANONYMOUS, DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA AND IS TARGETING RUSSIAN WEBSITES. THE GROWN-UP THAT HAS ALSO TARGETED U.S. SITES IN THE PAST NOW SAYS PUTIN'S REGIME IS FAIR GAME. JOINING US NOW, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT TOM COSTELLO, TOM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? >> YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS, THE U.S. ACCUSED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT OF CYBER ATTACKS, SOMETIMES WORKING ALONGSIDE RUSSIAN CYBER CRIMINALS. NOW RUSSIA IS UNDER CROSS-HAIRS. BEFORE YOU CELEBRATE. THINK YOU QUICKLY THIS COULD SNOWBALL INTO AN ALL OUT GLOBAL CYBER WAR. >> THIS IS A MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN FROM ANANONYMOUS. >> Reporter: THE GROUP CALLS ITSELF ANONYMOUS, NOW PUTTING RUSSIA IN THE CROSS-HAIRS. >> MEMBERS OF ANONYMOUS DECLARED CYBER WAR AGAINST YOUR AGGRESSIVE REGIME. >> Reporter: THEY CLAIM THEY'VE TARGETED 1,500 WEBSITES, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, SPACE AGENCY, RUSSIAN OIL COMPANIES, INTERNET PROVIDERS AND TV CHANNELS. >> THEY'RE CALLED TO FIGHT IN THE CYBER SPACE RESULTED IN A LOT OF WEBSITES NOT BEING AVAILABLE. SOME WEBSITES GOING DOWN, RECORDS, RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, RUSSIAN MILITARY RECORDS DUMPED OUT ONTO THE INTERNET. >> Reporter: U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRM THEY'VE SEEN EVIDENCE AFTER RUSSIA LAUNCHED A CYBER AND GROUND OFFENSIVE AGAINST UKRAINE. THE REAL RISK TO RUSSIA LONG TERM IS THE CAN SELLING OF THEIR ACCESS TO INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE AS PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO DELEST OR NO LONGER CARRY THEIR TRAFFIC. >> Reporter: CUTTING OFF RUSSIA FROM THE WORLD WOULD DEPRIVE EVERY DAY RUSSIANS TO ACCESS TO OUTSIDE NEWS AND INFORMATION. CYBER PROS WORRY THEY MAY VIEW THEM AS WESTERN ATTACKS AND TARGET U.S. SITES. THE U.S. DIRECTOR. >> Reporter: HOW AT RISK THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OR THAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNER? >> EVERYBODY IS AT RISK. WHICH IS WHY AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEIR SYSTEMS, NETWORKS AND DATA. THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS IMMUNE FROM POTENTIALLY GETTING HACKED. >> Reporter: THE CYBERSECURITY BASICS NEVER CLICK ON SUSPICIOUS E-MAILS OR LINKS, USE COMPLICATED PASSWORDS, BACK UP YOUR COMPUTERS AND KEEP SECURITY SOFTWARE UP TO DATE. >> THIS BASICALLY ENSURES HE CAN LOG IN EVEN WHEN THE PASSWORD IS CHANGED. >> Reporter: ISRAELI FIRM CYBER BIT USES REAL WORLD ATTACKS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> THE QUESTION IS THEY SHOULD ASK THEMSELVES IS NOT IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUT WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE. >> Reporter: AS FOR ANONYMOUS NOW TARGETING RUSSIA. RUSSIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERCEIVED AS THE CYBER ATTACKER. AND NOW THEY'RE ON THE RECEIVING END. >> INSTEAD OF ALWAYS BEING ON THE OFFENSE. THEY ALSO GOT TO BE ON DEFENSE. THAT LOWERS THEIR CAPABILITIES IN SOME WAYS TO DO ATTACKS. >> THAT'S THE CONCERN HERE, THE CYBER BATTLEFIELD SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING BY THE DAY. WE'VE SEEN U.S. OIL PIPELINES, HOSPITALS, BANKS, ATTACKED IN RECENT YEARS. EXPERTS SAY THEY COULD BE TARGETED AGAIN, ALSO ELECTRIC GRIDS, DAMS, WATER SYSTEMS. EVERYTHING IS A POTENTIAL TARGET RIGHT NOW. BY THE WAY, THE U.S. CYBER

Channel: MSNBC

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Keywords: Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, MSNBC, MSNBC news, MSNBC live, MSNBC TV, news, breaking news, current events, US news, politics, politics news, political news, elections, morning joe full, morning joe live, morning joe today, Anonymous hackers, Anonymous, online hackers, Russia, Russia Ukraine conflict, Russia Ukraine crisis, Ukraine, Ukraine crisis, Ukraine invasion, Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin, Putin

Id: gkrDIjGP4_w

Length: 3min 55sec (235 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 04 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/rellek772]

Only about a week late on that one MSNBC

[u/Icalledtit]

I hope there's more pain coming for Putin

[u/novad80]

This is over a week old

[u/RepentYeSinners]

They got their asses handed to them by Killnet.

[u/W1ck3dWolf]

This has been common knowledge since the first couple days of the invasion.

[u/mkmckinley]

They should hack into the russian internet and give them access to the world internet so people in russia can see the truth… and see Bayraktar feeding