A global “hackathon” calling for volunteers to help expose Russian software vulnerabilities, as Ukraine’s frantic defense against Moscow took its latest unconventional turn.
Kyiv-based cybersecurity company Cyber Unit Technologies is organizing the giant hacker effort, promising a $100k bounty payable in cryptocurrency to the best online attacks against Russian websites (the firm is also calling for donations to grow the reward pot).
The global competition — dubbed “Fuck Hack Russia” — is the latest in an unprecedented cyber effort to repel Moscow’s army, which continues to shell Ukrainian cities this week.
Hackathon organizer and Cyber Unit cofounder Yegor Aushev called it a “decentralized cyber army [drawn] from the whole world”. He says over 500 people — including Ukrainians who work in the country’s technology sector and outsiders — have come forward so far to volunteer.
This makeshift effort, which appears to have its own Twitter account, is openly calling for hackers to work with the international Anonymous group to attack software bugs in Russian systems.
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