Anonymous hacks over one MILLION Russian emails in fuel and energy industries, reports claim

ANONYMOUS claims to have published over 1.1million emails taken from Russian fuel and energy industries.

The emails are said to have been ‘stolen’ from a Russian firm called ALET.

ALET works with Russian companies that specialize in fuel and energy.

These companies handle important things like exports of coal and oil.

Industries like this are crucial to the Russian economy.

Popular Twitter account Anonymous TV tweeted: “JUST IN: #Anonymous hacked nearly 1.1 million emails (1.1 TB ) from ALET, a Russian customs broker for companies in the fuel and energy industries, handling exports and customs declarations for coal, crude oil, liquefied gases and petroleum products. #OpRussia #DDoSecrets.”

The emails have been published on DDoSecrets, a non-profit site that whistleblowers often use.

Who are Anonymous?

Anonymous is a group of “hacktivists” that has promised an all-out “cyberwar” on Vladimir Putin’s media.

The cyber vigilantes have attacked other groups in the past including the KKK and the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Anonymous started in 2003 as a collective of web jokers hitting sites for fun – but their activities have taken a more sinister turn.

It is now known as an anti-establishment group whose targets have ranged from big business and government departments around the world to child sex abuse sites.

Anonymous swamps sites, tricks targets into revealing details with “phishing” emails and uses computers to crack passwords.