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'''Cyber Anakin''' (also known by the handle '''cyberanakinvader''') is the pseudonym of a computer [[hacker]].<ref name=":0" />
'''Cyber Anakin''' (also known by the handle '''cyberanakinvader''') is the pseudonym of a computer [[hacktivist]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Teen 'Cyber Anakin' hacker wants revenge on Russia after the MH17 crash |url=http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/teen-cyber-anakin-hacker-wants-revenge-on-russia-after-the-mh17-crash/news-story/bb2eecdc37c54f2b5b3800dd26ef4caf |newspaper=[[news.com.au]] |date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220154359/http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/teen-cyber-anakin-hacker-wants-revenge-on-russia-after-the-mh17-crash/news-story/bb2eecdc37c54f2b5b3800dd26ef4caf |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


In 2016, in retaliation against Russia for the shooting-down of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], Cyber Anakin, who was then a teen, started targeting Russian websites and databases, including the news site and email provider km.ru and gaming company [[Nival (company)|Nival Networks]]. The information gained during the breaches included dates of birth, encrypted passwords, and geographic locations. There were 1.5 million victims.<ref name=":0" /> The km.ru and Nival data breaches were confirmed by computer security researcher [[Troy Hunt]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=A Teen Hacker Is Targeting Russian Sites as Revenge for the MH17 Crash |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a-teen-hacker-is-targeting-russian-sites-as-revenge-for-the-mh17-crash |newspaper=[[VICE Media|VICE]] Motherboard |date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924214630/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkp57/a-teen-hacker-is-targeting-russian-sites-as-revenge-for-the-mh17-crash |url-status=live}}</ref> Cyber Anakin subsequently used the content of the km.ru data breach to assist [[Latvia]]n independent news website [[Meduza]] in establishing the identity of a man who had been sexually harassing female chess players by sending them letters containing used condoms and pages from [[pornographic magazine]]s.<ref name=":Meduza">{{cite web |title=Это похоже на крик души. Но я не знаю, о чем он кричит Больше десяти лет кто-то присылает российским шахматисткам письма с использованными презервативами и порно. Мы нашли этого человека |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/02/07/eto-pohozhe-na-krik-dushi-no-ya-ne-znayu-o-chem-on-krichit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416142131/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/02/07/eto-pohozhe-na-krik-dushi-no-ya-ne-znayu-o-chem-on-krichit |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |access-date=December 27, 2022 |website=Meduza |language=ru}}</ref>
Cyber Anakin, who was then a teen, said that in 2016, in retaliation against Russia for the shooting-down of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]], he started targeting Russian websites and databases. The information gained from the news site and email provider km.ru and gaming company [[Nival (company)|Nival Networks]] during the breaches included dates of birth, encrypted passwords, and geographic locations. There were 1.5 million victims.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=March 5, 2016 |title=A Teen Hacker Is Targeting Russian Sites as Revenge for the MH17 Crash |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a-teen-hacker-is-targeting-russian-sites-as-revenge-for-the-mh17-crash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924214630/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkp57/a-teen-hacker-is-targeting-russian-sites-as-revenge-for-the-mh17-crash |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |newspaper=[[VICE Media|VICE]] Motherboard}}</ref> The content of the km.ru data breach was used to assist [[Latvia]]n independent news website [[Meduza]] in establishing the identity of a man who had been sexually harassing female chess players by sending them letters containing used condoms and pages from [[pornographic magazine]]s.<ref name=":Meduza">{{cite web |title=Это похоже на крик души. Но я не знаю, о чем он кричит Больше десяти лет кто-то присылает российским шахматисткам письма с использованными презервативами и порно. Мы нашли этого человека |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/02/07/eto-pohozhe-na-krik-dushi-no-ya-ne-znayu-o-chem-on-krichit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416142131/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/02/07/eto-pohozhe-na-krik-dushi-no-ya-ne-znayu-o-chem-on-krichit |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |access-date=December 27, 2022 |website=Meduza |language=ru}}</ref>


In April 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of an error in a North Korean propaganda website that erroneously linked to a non-existent Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Martyn |title=Mischief with Our Nation website |url=https://www.northkoreatech.org/2018/04/07/mischief-with-our-nation-website/ |website=North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |date=April 6, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512141259/https://www.northkoreatech.org/2018/04/07/mischief-with-our-nation-website/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As an "April Fools prank" he registered a spoof account under that empty username and posted numerous anti-DPRK propaganda messages including unflattering images and obscene slurs directed against [[Kim Jong-un]].<ref>{{cite web |title=N Korea error promotes fake Twitter account |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43737381 |work=BBC News |date=April 12, 2018 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419060155/http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43737381 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In April 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of an error in a [[Propaganda in North Korea|North Korean propaganda]] website that erroneously linked to a non-existent Twitter account.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Martyn |title=Mischief with Our Nation website |url=https://www.northkoreatech.org/2018/04/07/mischief-with-our-nation-website/ |website=North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |date=April 6, 2018 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512141259/https://www.northkoreatech.org/2018/04/07/mischief-with-our-nation-website/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As an "[[April Fools' Joke|April Fools prank]]" he registered a spoof account under that unused username and posted numerous anti-DPRK [[propaganda]] messages including unflattering images and obscene slurs directed against [[Kim Jong-un]].<ref>{{cite web |title=N Korea error promotes fake Twitter account |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43737381 |work=BBC News |date=April 12, 2018 |access-date=May 26, 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419060155/http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43737381 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In June 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of a security flaw present in internet connected [[set-top boxes]], to temporarily deface a small number of television sets with messages in opposition to [[Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market#Draft Article 13 (Directive Article 17)|Article 13]] of the [[European Union]]'s [[Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market]]. In an interview with [[ZDNet]], he expressed concerns that the proposed filter will "let things which shouldn't to pass through and block those that should be allowed". He also said that the Internet "will become a boring, gloomy place" if [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] [[Axel Voss]] "has his way".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whittaker |first1=Zack |title=A protester is spreading anti-Article 13 messages over exposed internet TVs |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/protester-spreading-article-13-warnings-over-exposed-internet-tv/ |publisher=ZDNet |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615140428/https://www.zdnet.com/article/protester-spreading-article-13-warnings-over-exposed-internet-tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of a security flaw present in internet connected [[set-top boxes]], to temporarily deface a small number of television sets with messages in opposition to [[Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market#Draft Article 13 (Directive Article 17)|Article 13]] of the [[European Union]]'s [[Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market]]. In an interview with [[ZDNet]], he expressed concerns that the proposed filter will "let things which shouldn't to pass through and block those that should be allowed".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whittaker |first1=Zack |title=A protester is spreading anti-Article 13 messages over exposed internet TVs |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/protester-spreading-article-13-warnings-over-exposed-internet-tv/ |publisher=ZDNet |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615140428/https://www.zdnet.com/article/protester-spreading-article-13-warnings-over-exposed-internet-tv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Following the shooting-down of [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] in January 2020, Cyber Anakin [[website defacement|defaced the website]] of the [[Khuzestan]] Water and Power Authority, placing the names of Flight 752's victims on its webpage.<ref name=":iran"/>
Cyber Anakin said that he [[website defacement|defaced the website]] of the [[Khuzestan]] Water and Power Authority following the shooting-down of [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] in January 2020, placing the names of Flight 752's victims on its webpage.<ref name=":iran2">{{cite web |last1=Batebi |first1=Ahmad |title=Interview with an Outraged, Grief Stricken Hacktivist |url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/6653 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722091323/https://iranwire.com/en/features/6653 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2020 |website=IranWire |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 07:15, 27 August 2024

  • Cyber Anakin
OccupationHacker
Known forHacking and defacing systems
Websitecyberanakinvader.wordpress.com

Cyber Anakin (also known by the handle cyberanakinvader) is the pseudonym of a computer hacker.[1]

Career

Cyber Anakin, who was then a teen, said that in 2016, in retaliation against Russia for the shooting-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, he started targeting Russian websites and databases. The information gained from the news site and email provider km.ru and gaming company Nival Networks during the breaches included dates of birth, encrypted passwords, and geographic locations. There were 1.5 million victims.[1] The content of the km.ru data breach was used to assist Latvian independent news website Meduza in establishing the identity of a man who had been sexually harassing female chess players by sending them letters containing used condoms and pages from pornographic magazines.[2]

In April 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of an error in a North Korean propaganda website that erroneously linked to a non-existent Twitter account.[3] As an "April Fools prank" he registered a spoof account under that unused username and posted numerous anti-DPRK propaganda messages including unflattering images and obscene slurs directed against Kim Jong-un.[4]

In June 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of a security flaw present in internet connected set-top boxes, to temporarily deface a small number of television sets with messages in opposition to Article 13 of the European Union's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. In an interview with ZDNet, he expressed concerns that the proposed filter will "let things which shouldn't to pass through and block those that should be allowed".[5]

Cyber Anakin said that he defaced the website of the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority following the shooting-down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in January 2020, placing the names of Flight 752's victims on its webpage.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "A Teen Hacker Is Targeting Russian Sites as Revenge for the MH17 Crash". VICE Motherboard. March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Это похоже на крик души. Но я не знаю, о чем он кричит Больше десяти лет кто-то присылает российским шахматисткам письма с использованными презервативами и порно. Мы нашли этого человека". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Williams, Martyn (April 6, 2018). "Mischief with Our Nation website". North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "N Korea error promotes fake Twitter account". BBC News. April 12, 2018. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Whittaker, Zack. "A protester is spreading anti-Article 13 messages over exposed internet TVs". ZDNet. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Batebi, Ahmad. "Interview with an Outraged, Grief Stricken Hacktivist". IranWire. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
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