‘Shame on you’
Hacktivist group Anonymous has responded to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s recent tweet which challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat, branding it a “publicity stunt” by a man with “no authority.”
The mysterious hacker group has played a strange part in the Russian invasion so far, having previously leaked around 364,000 documents and even hacked Russian broadcasters. Now, the worldwide hacker alliance has targeted Tesla boss Musk, who welcomed a secret baby with partner Grimes back in December.
Initially, the controversial 50-year-old tech mogul took to Twitter, writing: “I hereby challenge Владимир Путин to single combat.
“Stakes are Україна.”
Вы согласны на этот бой? @KremlinRussia_E
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 14, 2022
Musk later replied to his first tweet, tagging the Kremlin Twitter page directly and adding, “Do you agree to this fight?” in Russian.
While the world didn’t take Musk particularly seriously, Anonymous has taken issue with his statements.
Retweeting Musk’s post, the group wrote: “Elon has no authority regarding the legal status of statehood & sovereignty of Ukraine. People are suffering, innocents are being killed, cities are being bombed, women and children are dying: Elon pushes publicity stunt. Shame on you.”
Elon has no authority regarding the legal status of statehood & sovereignty of Ukraine. People are suffering, innocents are being killed, cities are being bombed, women and children are dying:
Elon pushes publicity stunt. Shame on you.https://t.co/djJZ2Sy0mm— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 14, 2022
On March 15, reports suggested that Anonymous also targeted Rosneft Deutschland, a German subsidiary of the Russian energy company Rosneft, alongside continued attacks on Russian infrastructure.
#Anonymous has attacked the energy company Rosneft. It is confirmed to have caused extensive damage
The attack captured a total of 20TB of data #Rosneft is Russia's largest oil producer and is also involved in critical infrastructure in Germany#OpRussia https://t.co/P3f9RKhFEq— Anonymous News 🌐 (@Anonymous_Link) March 14, 2022
The group also claimed to have leaked private correspondence between Putin and Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
AND BEFORE YOU ASK: No, it's not the nuclear plant that was hacked, we would never endanger any lives. The website was hacked.
✌️— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 15, 2022
According to a translation posted by a fellow Twitter user, the letter allegedly reads: “Dear Vladimir… In order to create fortifications to provide formations, military units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation involved in a special military operation, felling is required on defence lands and other categories, followed by the use of the resulting wood by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”
Putin and Shoigu plan to cut down and sell Ukrainian forests. This is stated in a letter from Russian Defense Minister Shoigu "On the possibility of felling on defense lands," which is addressed personally to Putin pic.twitter.com/b2SiuaLyF3
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 15, 2022
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