<s>
In	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
Russia	O
's	O
recognition	O
of	O
the	O
Donetsk	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
and	O
the	O
Luhansk	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
and	O
in	O
accordance	O
to	O
the	O
hacking	O
collective	O
's	O
threats	O
to	O
take	O
hostage	O
of	O
industrial	O
control	O
systems	O
,	O
they	O
conducted	O
a	O
small	O
hack	O
on	O
a	O
Russian	O
Modbus	B-Protocol
device	O
which	O
they	O
've	O
announced	O
on	O
a	O
hacked	O
Chinese	O
cultural	O
website	O
,	O
although	O
early	O
on	O
Anonymous	O
kept	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
hack	O
ambiguous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Anonymous	O
,	O
the	O
Modbus	B-Protocol
device	O
was	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Schneider	O
Electric	O
's	O
Modicon	O
M251	O
logic	O
controller	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
previously	O
"	O
playing	O
nice	O
"	O
so	O
not	O
to	O
give	O
Russia	O
a	O
casus	O
belli	O
but	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
subsequent	O
2022	O
Russian	O
invasion	O
of	O
Ukraine	O
,	O
Operation	O
Samantha	O
Smith	O
was	O
presumably	O
deemed	O
as	O
a	O
failure	O
and	O
Anonymous	O
would	O
start	O
attacking	O
Russian	O
websites	O
and	O
systems	O
as	O
retaliation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
associated	O
with	O
Anonymous	O
declared	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
launched	O
a	O
'	O
cyber	O
operation	O
 '	O
against	O
the	O
Russian	O
Federation	O
,	O
in	O
retaliation	O
for	O
the	O
invasion	O
of	O
Ukraine	O
ordered	O
by	O
Russian	O
president	O
Vladimir	O
Putin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
through	O
their	O
threats	O
during	O
Operation	O
Samantha	O
Smith	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
had	O
also	O
hacked	O
a	O
Chinese	O
SIMATIC	O
programmable	B-Architecture
logic	I-Architecture
controller	I-Architecture
along	O
with	O
two	O
Russian	O
Modbus	B-Protocol
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memes	O
from	O
social-networking	O
website	O
Reddit	B-Application
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
defaced	O
website	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
Russian	O
President	O
Vladimir	O
Putin	O
in	O
heavy	O
makeup	O
with	O
a	O
rainbow	O
as	O
a	O
background	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
embedded	O
Reddit	B-Application
posts	O
which	O
asked	O
users	O
to	O
vote	O
for	O
which	O
parts	O
of	O
Russia	O
should	O
declare	O
independence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
posting	O
Ukrainian	O
president	O
Volodymyr	O
Zelenskyy	O
's	O
defiant	O
speech	O
against	O
the	O
invasion	O
and	O
a	O
video	O
calling	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
neutral	O
grouping	O
of	O
countries	O
between	O
NATO	O
and	O
Russia	O
into	O
memorials.tomsk.ru,	O
Anonymous	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
hacked	O
a	O
Russian	O
Linux	B-Application
terminal	O
and	O
a	O
gas	O
control	O
system	O
in	O
North	O
Ossetia	O
,	O
while	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
almost	O
caused	O
an	O
explosion	O
in	O
the	O
latter	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
fast-acting	O
human	O
worker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anonymous	O
is	O
also	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
responsible	O
for	O
hacking	O
several	O
Russian	O
state	O
TV	O
channels	O
;	O
many	O
users	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
TikTok	B-Application
uploaded	O
videos	O
showing	O
channels	O
playing	O
Ukrainian	O
music	O
and	O
displaying	O
pro-Ukraine	O
images	O
,	O
flags	O
,	O
and	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
7	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Anonymous	O
actors	O
DepaixPorteur	O
and	O
TheWarriorPoetz	O
declared	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
they	O
hacked	O
400	O
Russian	O
surveillance	O
cameras	O
and	O
broadcast	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
