The hacker group Anonymous has kept up its cyber attack on Russia following the country’s decision to invade Ukraine.
As well as shutting down major state-controlled news companies, Anonymous has also claimed credit for disrupting a gas supply in the country.
In a tweet posted early yesterday morning, the group said it had attacked a company called Tvingo Telecom, forcing it to shut down the gas.
Tvingo Telecom also operates fibre optic networking and internet clients in Russia. It is owned by Rostelecom, a state-owned Russian telecoms business.
In claiming responsbility for the action, Anonymous retweeted a video showing a system administrator trying to restore the malfunctioning gas supply.
Safeguards would likely be in place to stop serious issues from developing, but it would cause a huge headache for the company.
The slowly group gained momentum, and in 2008, they launched a series of protests, pranks, and hacks targeting the Church of Scientology – known as Project Chanology.
Over time, Anonymous has grown, taking on larger targets such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Sony, as well as government agencies of the United States, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda – and now Russia.
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