Hacking collective Anonymous announced on Twitter that they had successfully breached and leaked the personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers.
Statement: Personal data of 120,000 Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine was leaked –
https://ddosecrets[.]com/wiki/Russian_soldier_leak
All soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine should be subjected to a war crime tribunal.— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 3, 2022
“All soldiers participating in the invasion of Ukraine should face a war crimes tribunal,” Anonymous said in the statement.
The leak contained personal information such as dates of birth, addresses, passport numbers and unit affiliation.
Anonymous also tweeted that it would be a while before society would forgive Russia for the atrocities in Ukraine sparked by Putin’s invasion.
If what is happening in Ukraine doesn't spark the necessary change the world needs to make, nothing will.
We're all witnessing the evils Russia is doing.
It's going to take a very long time to accept Russia back into the human race after all the crimes it's committed via Putin.— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) April 3, 2022
While Anonymous announced the leak on Sunday, it happened in early March and first appeared on Pravda, a Ukrainian news outlet, days after the invasion began.
The outlet did not disclose the source of the leak, but stated that “the Center for Defense Strategies acquired this data from reliable sources,” according to Newsweek.
This week, the Russian military came under even more scrutiny after concerns were raised over alleged human rights abuses in Bucha. Reports indicate civilians have been mistreated and killed, and some say bodies have been found in yards, streets and cars.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Anonymous has been very open about the war.
“Hacking will continue until Russia ends its aggression,” Anonymous said.
In its efforts to fight back, the collective has claimed it has shut down government, corporate and news websites, hacked into a leading censorship agency and hacked into Russian television sets.
Other recent efforts include hacking unsecured printers in Russia to spread anti-Kremlin propaganda.
In an interview with IBT, one of the collective members said they teach Russians how to install open-source software so citizens can bypass the country’s censorship, according to Raw Story.
This story was originally published on Fortune.com