As the Ukrainian armed forces hold their own against the invading Russian military, hacker groups like Anonymous and Cyber ​​Partisans are turning to cyberattacks.

In addition to the security systems of Russian banks and the offers of the state broadcaster RT, they paralyzed the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi.

On Monday, they reported on Twitter that they managed to hack Russia 24, Channel One and Moscow 24 live TV channels, calling the cyberattack the "biggest anonymous operation ever seen."

The aim of the hack was to draw the Russian population's attention to the war in Ukraine with images and videos.

On Tuesday morning, Anonymous claimed to have triggered a disruption to shortwave radio station UVB-76, which is used to scramble messages.

interference and moving images

Since the beginning of the war, cyber groups have worked to obstruct the work of Russia's powerful censorship agency.

They cause disruption, spread moving images from Ukraine and ensure a continuous flow of information into the country.

Anonymous hackers repeatedly emphasize that their interventions will not have any negative consequences for the Russian population.

Attacks on critical infrastructures, which are common on the Russian side, are not planned.

It is about giving Putin “a sip of his own bitter medicine” through the actions.

In the case of cyber attacks these days, psychological objectives such as the uncertainty and irritation of the Russian government have so far outweighed the actual cyber damage.

"The big cyber war hasn't happened yet," security policy expert Matthias Schulze from the Berlin Science and Politics Foundation told the newspaper.

It also remains questionable whether digital attacks will have a longer-term impact on wartime events.

In a blog post, Anonymous in Germany said: "Denial-of-service attacks alone will not overthrow a regime." In denial-of-service attacks, attackers deliberately overload the server, causing internet sites to fail .

For example, the website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense was not accessible due to a Russian cyber attack at the end of February.

The Russian government has always attacked the infrastructure of other countries with hackers and troll armies.

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is currently warning of an attack by a "ghostwriter" hacker unit, which is assigned to the Russian secret service GRU and has already captured data in the Bundestag in the past.

It is out to steal data from politicians and journalists with phishing emails that have the sender "t-online.de@comcast.net".