From Cyberattacks to Car Parts: The Secret Lives of Russian Hacktivists

The setting: a car repair shop in Omsk, Russia. The subject: a 39-year-old mechanic with a passion for graphic design, NFTs, and custom-built PC rigs. In this webinar, social intelligence firm Graphika charts the open source connections linking the mechanic to pro-Russian "hacktivisits" and their online activities.

During this presentation, Graphika will share:

• Open-source connections between the parties, demonstrating how they were linked and found
• Their private research investigating and tracking groups in the online ecosystem of so-called pro-Russia "hacktivists"
• How the actors utilize a range of offensive cyber capabilities and capture global media attention
• Why such groups and their activities should be classified as an influence operation
• Similarities and differences between "hacktivists" and traditional cyber adversaries

Join us as we take a deep dive into one of the most-discussed threat actors of recent years and understand lessons learned in the extensive efforts to identify him.