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Russian Hacktivist Group Killnet: A History #shorts

BSides Frankfurt0:4797 viewsPublished 2026-01Watch on YouTube ↗
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Killnet, a Russian hacktivist group, has normalized weaponizing citizens for cyber attacks against other nations. This behavior, once grounds for war, is now considered normal in cyberspace. #BsidesFrankfurt #Bsides #BsidesFra #AlexHolden #Killnet #Hacktivism
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Um the topic today is um Russian activist group Kilnet and I'm going to give you a history about I'm going to also talk about uh the group that really normalized activism. Just imagine that um about 5 years ago it would be completely unheard of that one nation would weaponize its citizens uh to attack another nation or other nations it doesn't like this um before uh Russian invasion into Ukraine in 2022 would be uh grounds for um s significant conflict if not outright war. But uh we actually live in an age where activism and attacks of one nation against another in cyerspace been called to be normal.