Are you tired of getting calls from your old pal? You might be able to feel the power of being on the other end of an unwanted call, all while tying up the phone lines of Russian bureaucrats, media, and military personnel. A group of hacktivists from across the world released a site. You don't have to come up with a joke to spoof two Russian officials on the site. A simple click and Captcha test supposedly connects two phone lines to confuse, distract, and annoy those on the line. The hacktivist group Obfuscated Dreams of Scheherazade claims they use a leaked database of Russian officials to connect callers. In the early morning hours, the site was already reporting over 2,000 calls made in 45 minutes. We were unable to hear any voices on the lines, despite the system connecting phones for two unknown individuals from Russian state media, political bureaucrats, secret service, and state police. The calls ended after a few seconds of static. Next-Level Sound can be experienced. Theater-like sound surrounds you with spatial audio with dynamic head tracking.
The hacktivists claim to have come up with over 5,000 government phone numbers using publicly leaked data and web scrapers. The site claimed that thousands of phone numbers were being called in the moment. The system doesn't depend on users calling, as the human-initiated calls are also supplemented with the help of bots, according to the website.
Let's sabotage war whenever we can. No matter who is in the war, a message on the site reads.
Russia's response to their lines being blocked with calls from other countries remains to be seen. One of the site's creators, who goes by the name Shera, told the magazine that they hope the calls cause confusion, and that Russian speakers may be able to listen in to what the people on the line have to say.
The site says you can join the civil intervention against war if you are on the phone.
The information war between Russia, Ukraine, western nations and activists around the world has been raging since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the surprise invasion back in February. The hacktivist group said they doxed 120,000 Russian soldiers who they claimed were participating in the invasion of Ukraine. In March, Ukraine publicly released names and contacts of Russian intelligence agents. The country listed the names of Russian soldiers they say were involved in atrocities.
The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Russia has suffered an incredible number of hacks to its financial and government systems. This past March, more Russian account information was uploaded onto the web than any other nation.
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