• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Elevenses
  • Business
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Property
  • JOBS
  • All
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Sport
    • Tech/Auto
    • Lifestyle
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Set For Life
      • Thunderball
      • EuroMillions
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News Media

Anonymous hack Russian media sites & troll Putin by renaming his yacht in an epic way

It comes as a Ukrainian sailor partially sunk a Russian arms tycoon’s yacht.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-02-28 13:54
in Media, News
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Russian media sites appeared to have been hacked in a cyber attack by Anonymous, with a message warning readers of “certain death” for troops in Ukraine.

Hackers renamed Vladamir Putin’s yacht to “FCKPTN” by vandalising maritime tracking data.

They also changed its location information to make it appear that it crashed into Snake Island in Ukraine.

The hackers then renamed its destination to “anonymous” and “anonleaks”, before finally settling on “hell”.

Even during wartime, #Anonymous brings you teh LuLz
Callsign: FCKPTN https://t.co/Ebc9DMortN

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February 27, 2022

RUSSIAN SUPERYACHT: GO FUCK YOURSELF! #Anonymous #OpRussia #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/wsNlrzjHMm

— Anonleaks📡 (@Theanonleaks) February 27, 2022

The hackers — who are affiliated with an Anonymous offshoot called @theanonleaks — told me they did it by manipulating the maritime "Automatic Identification System," which is used to track ship locations.

— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) February 27, 2022

They changed the yacht's destination to "hell", "anonymous" & "anonleaks" & also changed its call sign to "FCKPTN". They said they wanted to put the yacht in the scope of sanction packages as well as "put a little smile on some faces for a short period in these dark times"

— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) February 27, 2022

Want a look aboard his yacht? Where did he get the money for this!

The yacht linked to Putin was reportedly getting repaired in Hamburg, Germany, but moved to Kaliningrad, Russia in early Feb prior to the Ukraine invasion. It has an indoor pool, a spa, helideck, a dancefloor, gym & bar. Pics from inside it in this piece: https://t.co/ZzWHIhkRL7

— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) February 27, 2022

Fontanka

The home page for Fontanka, a news outlet based in St Petersburg, was replaced with text reading “Putin makes us lie” and urging citizens to “stop this madness”.

The apparent attack also temporarily brought down other sites including state-owned news agency Tass and daily newspaper Kommersant.

Fontanka and Tass were running normally again shortly after midday while Kommersant appeared to remain offline.

Madness

The message on Fontaka read in full: “Dear citizens. We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger.

RelatedPosts

Government scrap plans to upgrade ‘worst A-road in the country’

Kneecap say their posters have been banned from London Underground

Police investigating ‘migrant boat’ bonfire as hate incident

Liz Truss gilt rates tweet completely dismantled

“We were isolated from the whole world, they stopped buying oil and gas. In a few years we will live like in North Korea. What is it for us?

“To put Putin in the textbooks? This is not our war, let’s stop it! This message will be deleted, and some of us will be fired or even jailed. But we can’t take it anymore.

“Indifferent journalists of Russia.”

It bore the mark of Anonymous, the activist collective known for cyber attacks against some governments and corporations.

It came after a post on the group’s Twitter page declared “cyber war” against the Russian government following its invasion of Ukraine.

Other posts on Saturday evening announced the collective had taken down the Russian government website and hacked Russian state TV to broadcast “the reality of what is happening in Ukraine”.

Related: ‘I’d do it again’: Ukrainian sailor partially sinks Russian arms tycoon’s yacht

Tags: Vladimir Putin

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lottery Results
    • Lotto
    • Set For Life
    • Thunderball
    • EuroMillions
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

← ‘I fell in love’: Hancock denies affair with aide was just ‘casual sex’ ← Liz Truss sparked Putin’s nuclear threat & people are astounded
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Lottery Results
    • Lotto
    • Set For Life
    • Thunderball
    • EuroMillions
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE thelondoneconomic.com - All Rights Reserved. Privacy

-->