Ukraine’s volunteer army of hackers
Everyday citizens in Ukraine are using their own hacking abilities to defend their country against Russia. The nation has assembled a “volunteer IT army,” culled from everyday Ukrainian tech workers, which it claims numbers in the “hundreds of thousands.” This army refers to itself as a kind of “hacktivist” militia, defending the country from Putin’s legions from behind their keyboards. The group has a Telegram page with thousands of followers and a strong Twitter presence where it regularly agitates against the invaders:
