In recent weeks, a new hacktivist campaign has emerged to demand the release of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, after his arrest by French authorities. In this report, Check Point Research explores the most prominent and dominant hacking groups involved in the campaign. On August 24, in response to the French authorities’ arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, hacktivist groups started a hacking campaign called #FreeDurov or #OpDurov Among the first groups to react were pro-Russian People’s Cyber Army of Russia and pro-Islamic RipperSec, with both groups posting on their channels on the day of the arrest to initiate the campaign […]
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