JUST IN: Anonymous takes down more than 300 Russian govt, state media & banks website

Anonymous, a group of computer nerds who declared full scale cyber war against Russia for launching military action against Ukraine, says it has taken down more than 300 Russian government, state media and banks website in the last 48 hours.

The group confirmed the cyber attack through their official Twitter handle.

“#Anonymous takes down more than 300+ #Russian government, state media & banks websites in the last 48 hrs, with most of them currently offline.”

This is coming as the group yesterday claimed a significant victory against Russia after it managed to breach the Russian Ministry of Defence’s database and posted it online for the world to see.

Among the information released to the public according to Anonymous included emails, passwords and telephone numbers.