Meet Killnet, Russia’s Hacking Patriots Plaguing Europe
Expert(s): Stefan Soesanto
Publisher(s): Politico
Publication Year: 2022
The pro-Russian hacker collective by the name of Killnet has been launching a barrage of attacks on Western government networks since the beginning of the war in order to punish them for their anti-Russian sentiment. CSS' Stefan Soesanto analyses the hacktivist group for Politico and compares it to its Ukrainian counterpart, the "IT Army of Ukraine".