Anonymous is accused of hacking Russia's largest bank, Sberbank

Sberbank Database Reportedly Gained Access by Anonymous Hackers

Anonymous, a decentralized hacking collective, claims to have attacked Sberbank. The attack was disclosed earlier this week by a Twitter account affiliated with the group, @YourAnonOne, which noted that the bank is the largest in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe.

The #Anonymous collective hacked Sberbank, it is the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonOne) May 17, 2022

Sberbank, based in Moscow, is a majority state-owned banking and financial services firm with operations in numerous European countries, mostly in the post-Soviet sphere. Sanctions imposed by the West in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have hampered its activities. Sberbank Europe announced its exit from the European market at the end of February.

According to a tweet from another Anonymous account, the hackers obtained and leaked 5,030 emails, addresses, and phone numbers from the hacked database. Sberbank, which controls roughly a third of all bank assets in Russia, has yet to respond to these allegations.

According to crypto news outlet Forklog, the article redirects to an archive with five Excel files. They include details on the bank's free safe deposit boxes as of June 14, 2016, as well as a registry of property and partner appraisers, a list of the different types of traded futures contracts, and a blank template for a certificate of property status and current liabilities.

Anonymous announced a cyberwar on Russia shortly after Russian armed forces crossed the Ukrainian border in late February, pledging to impair the country's internet. Since then, it has attacked Russian TV outlets, leaked millions of emails, and targeted the Kremlin, the State Duma, and the Ministry of Defense's websites.

The hacktivist collective announced in March that it had leaked 28GB of Central Bank of Russia documents, including some of the monetary authority's "secret agreements." Network Battalion 65 (NB65), an Anonymous-affiliated hacking group, revealed in early May that it had targeted the popular Russian payment processor Qiwi.

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