Pro-Ukrainian hackers prepared a Victory Day surprise for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on
May 9, when the hacker groups Falcons Flame and Trinity took over nine of the militants' websites.
They referred to the operation as #OpMay9, the date in 1945 when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union.
The defaced homepages included the official website of the separatist group Donetsk People's Republic, whose fighters control areas of Ukraine's Donetsk region, on which were published videos produced by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in 2015 about Ukrainian participation in the defeat of Nazism in World War II.
"Turned out [to be] symbolic [.] 9 websites of Russian terrorists on May 9 were hacked with defacement," a Falcons Flame tweet reads.
Russia occupied and forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine in early
2014 and has supported armed separatists in eastern Ukraine who still
hold swaths of the Donbas region and, like officials in Moscow, have
rejected the authority of the Kyiv government.
Some of the hacked websites displayed a mock message attributed to Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the self-proclaimed leader of Donetsk separatists, expressing hope that this year's Victory Day "will be over the Russo-fascist regime."
It added: "We believe that...Donbas will return to a peaceful life as a part of Ukraine to free from Kremlin oppression."
Hackers shared exclusive information and videos with InformNapalm, a Ukraine-based network of volunteer journalists and translators, shortly after the attack. One of the videos features proof that at least for some time the targeted websites were defaced.
They referred to the operation as #OpMay9, the date in 1945 when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union.
The defaced homepages included the official website of the separatist group Donetsk People's Republic, whose fighters control areas of Ukraine's Donetsk region, on which were published videos produced by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in 2015 about Ukrainian participation in the defeat of Nazism in World War II.
"Turned out [to be] symbolic [.] 9 websites of Russian terrorists on May 9 were hacked with defacement," a Falcons Flame tweet reads.
Вийшло символічно 9 сайтів рос.терористів на 9 травня було зламано із дефейсом.#OpMay9 #оп9Мая #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/ZyuRDoBm1p— Falcons Flame (@16FF255) May 9, 2016
Some of the hacked websites displayed a mock message attributed to Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the self-proclaimed leader of Donetsk separatists, expressing hope that this year's Victory Day "will be over the Russo-fascist regime."
It added: "We believe that...Donbas will return to a peaceful life as a part of Ukraine to free from Kremlin oppression."
Hackers shared exclusive information and videos with InformNapalm, a Ukraine-based network of volunteer journalists and translators, shortly after the attack. One of the videos features proof that at least for some time the targeted websites were defaced.
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