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The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.

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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 41 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I see all the comments saying Ukraine targeted non-military entity. But IMO, Russia can get fucked. I am not sure if they shared the data with anyone, or kept it to themselves, but no loss.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

For sure they use it for war purposes.

They sure as fuck aren't using it for climate research. They dgaf about climate.

Ed: hack was maybe part of a bigger defense strike: https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/27/ukrainian-cyberattacks-cripple-russian-defense-contractor-weather-center/

[–] cheesebag@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The Russian Federation actually does give a fuck about climate... They want to make global warming worse. They get to sell more gas, they get more arable land up north, and they open up shipping routes in the Arctic. Putin is Captain Planet levels of evil, fr.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This has "they deserved it" energy.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago
[–] hark@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Following that logic, civilians should be fair game because "Russia can get fucked".

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ukrainian civilians are fair game to the Russian military, so...

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah Russian citizens supporting Putler can eat dick and die, but it's not Ukraine's right to go after them

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love how we're equating loss of data to loss of human life.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Taking a "this is justified because fuck Russia" line of logic to its logical conclusion is not the same as equating data loss to loss of human life.