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How the Belarusian Cyber Partisans are fighting a digital war against two dictators
"It's no longer just a struggle for the liberation of Belarus — it's a war against the Russian Empire," says the spokesperson for the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, who keep their operations and their membership tightly protected.
It's not common for hacker groups to have strong political leanings, but for the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, whose goal is to topple the authoritarian regime in their country, it’s more of a necessity than a choice. The group is part of the broader opposition movement in Belarus, which gained global attention after the mass protests in 2020 against national election results that were by the country's Russia-backed dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The first publicly reported case of this collaboration was the Partisans' attack on a sanctioned Russian company involved in the development of military equipment used against Ukraine, including Orlan drones and electronic warfare systems.
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