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Western Hackers Used Russia's Own Ransomware Against It In Cyberattack on
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WESTERN HACKERS USED RUSSIA'S OWN RANSOMWARE AGAINST IT IN CYBERATTACK ON
ROSCOSMOS: REPORT


ONE OF THE HACKED RUSSIAN FILE'S SOURCE CODE WAS MADE UP OF 66 PER CENT "OF THE
SAME CODE AS THAT OF CONTI", WHICH IS A RUSSIAN CYBERCRIME RANSOMWARE.

WorldEdited by Bhavya SukhejaUpdated: April 13, 2022 6:49 pm IST

A report quoted a group of hackers as saying that Putin no longer controls
Russia's spy satellites.




Nearly a month after a cyberattack on Russia's space agency Roscosmos, it has
been revealed that the hackers used Kremlin's own medicine against them. 

According to The Telegraph, hackers linked to Anonymous - Network Battalion 65
or NB65 - had revealed last month that they had stolen a bunch of files from the
Roscosmos. They had stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin “no longer has
control over spy satellites”. To prove that they had the files, the group even
shared a tweet that claimed to be Russian space agency's server information. 



Now, a month later, some of the files that were downloaded from the server and
uploaded to the internet have been analysed. Citing Intezer Analyze, The
Telegraph reported that one file's source code was made up of 66 per cent “of
the same code as that of Conti”, which is a Russian cybercrime ransomware that
caused havoc on IT systems across the globe. 

The group that invented ‘Conti' had used the ransomware to extort millions of
dollars from the United States and Europe when their cyberattacks targeted
hospitals and health services. The hackers using 'Conti' had even declared
support for Russian leader Vladimir Putin and warned that it will retaliate if
cyberattacks are launched against the Kremlin. 

However, now the Intezer Analyze looked into the source code from the NB65 hack
on Roscosmos and revealed that the hackers used Conti's medicine against them.
The Anonymous hackers were able to get the source code for the cyberattack after
it was uploaded to VirusTotal, which helps detects malware and ransomware around
the world. 

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According to The Telegraph, William Thomas, a cybersecurity expert at Curated
Intelligence - a research organisation, said, “We know NB65 have made a modified
version of Conti thanks to the sample on VirusTotal.”

Meanwhile, it is imperative to note here that when the Western hackers had
announced that they had broken into Roscosmos last month, the space agency had
downplayed the attack. Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin had tweeted
stating that nothing had happened. “The information of these scammers and petty
swindlers is not true,” he had said, adding that “all our space activity control
centres are operating normally.”



Further, the Russian official even went on to say that Kremlin would be treating
any hacking of satellites as justification for war. But the notorious hacking
group, Anonymous, continues to launch a series of cyberattacks in retaliation
for Putin's invasion of Ukraine. On Tuesday, the group again insisted that it
will continue hacking and releasing confidential information until Russia
withdraws from its offensive.



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