Cyber Anakin (also known by the handle cyberanakinvader) is the pseudonym of a computer

hacktivist Hacktivism (or hactivism; a portmanteau of '' hack'' and ''activism''), is the use of computer-based techniques such as hacking as a form of civil disobedience to promote a political agenda or social change. A form of Internet activism with roo ...

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Cyber Anakin, who was then a teen, said that in 2016, in retaliation against Russia for the shooting-down of

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk missile system, Bu ...

, he started targeting Russian websites and databases. The information gained from the news site and email provider km.ru and gaming company Nival Networks during the breaches included dates of birth, encrypted passwords, and geographic locations. There were 1.5 million victims. The content of the km.ru data breach was used to assist

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n independent news website

Meduza ''Meduza'' (Russian: Медуза, named after the Greek goddess Medusa) is a Russian- and English-language independent news website, headquartered in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 2014 by a group of former employees of the then-independent ...

in establishing the identity of a man who had been sexually harassing female chess players by sending them letters containing used condoms and pages from

pornographic magazine Pornographic magazines or erotic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines or sex magazines, are magazines that contain content of an explicitly sexual nature. Publications of this kind may contain images of attractive naked subjects, as is ...

s. In April 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of an error in a

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website that erroneously linked to a non-existent Twitter account. As an " April Fools prank" he registered a spoof account under that unused username and posted numerous anti-DPRK

propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...

messages including unflattering images and obscene slurs directed against

Kim Jong-un Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who has served as supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is the third son of Kim ...

. In June 2018, Cyber Anakin took advantage of a security flaw present in internet connected

set-top boxes A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, t ...

, to temporarily deface a small number of television sets with messages in opposition to Article 13 of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

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. In an interview with ZDNet, he expressed concerns that the proposed filter will "let things which shouldn't to pass through and block those that should be allowed". Cyber Anakin said that he defaced the website of the

Khuzestan Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...

Water and Power Authority following the shooting-down of

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the ...

in January 2020, placing the names of Flight 752's victims on its webpage.

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