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IT Army of Russia is a pro-Russian hacktivist group that emerged in late March 2025 and has focused primarily on Ukrainian targets. The group operates through Telegram and the Duty-Free cybercrime forum, where it publicizes claimed operations, leaks allegedly stolen data, solicits intelligence on prospective targets, and recruits insiders within Ukrainian organizations, including critical infrastructure entities. Reporting also links the group to coordination mechanisms such as a Telegram bot used to gather targeting information. The actor is associated chiefly with disruptive and opportunistic operations, especially distributed denial-of-service activity against Ukrainian organizations and websites. It has also been tied to website defacement and claimed data theft operations. Publicly attributed behavior indicates an emphasis on small Ukrainian businesses as well as broader civilian and infrastructure-related targets. The group has claimed responsibility for attacks against Ukrainian postal and housing-and-utilities-related organizations, including incidents involving service disruption and alleged theft of internal and user data. Some of its more destructive claims, including malware-enabled encryption and large-scale compromise of web infrastructure, remain self-reported and are not independently verified. IT Army of Russia is part of the broader pro-Kremlin hacktivist ecosystem that includes groups such as NoName057(16) and other Russia-aligned collectives. Its activity reflects the convergence of hacktivism, information operations, and cybercrime-adjacent behavior: beyond denial-of-service attacks, it has been observed leaking data and attempting to cultivate insider access for future operations. The group’s dominant orientation is geopolitical and aligned with Russian interests in the context of the war against Ukraine.
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8 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
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Active hacktivist group highlighted in the report’s hacktivism section.
Pro-Russian hacktivist group that claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Ukrposhta and has claimed numerous cyberattacks targeting Ukrainian organizations since emerging in March 2025.
Pro-Kremlin hacktivist group conducting DDoS attacks and recruiting insiders in Ukrainian organizations.
Pro-Russian hacktivist group conducting DDoS attacks, website defacements, and data theft against Ukrainian and allied targets, with a focus on recruiting insiders and leaking stolen data.
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