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Anonymous have been one of the more vocal groups against US President Donald Trump since he returned to office earlier this year, and a recent data dump from the hacking organization has seemingly revealed links to Putin and the Russian government.
Standing, in their own words, for 'freedom of thought, expression, and privacy', infamous hacking group Anonymous have been a long time voice against right wing individuals and governments worldwide, with a particular focus on American politics while Donald Trump is in office.
They've previously sparred with Trump's close ally Elon Musk on X at several points, and only recently outlined how Trump's administration is following plans laid out by 'Project Russia' in what would eventually be a breakdown of democracy.
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They have seemingly now been proven right in their worries, as data stolen from Putin's administration reveals what are being called 'Donald Trump files', seemingly linking the current president to the Russian government, as reported by Forbes.
The major cyberattack has resulted in around 10 terabytes of data being leaked online, containing information of a large number of Russian businesses, high-ranking and influential individuals, contracts, political information, and more, with it all sorted neatly into folders.
Most notably among these folders is one named 'Leaked Data of Donald Trump', which would presumably contain vital information linking the sitting president to the Russian government, and there's also a bizarre section for Donminos Pizza - although that could simply be due to the delivery chain's existence in the country prior to its exit in 2023.
Anonymous have argued that the move was made to support Ukraine's efforts in the war with Russia, as the leaked data contains military information and data on defense companies that would likely prove vital to their continued efforts.
However, it doesn't appear as if we should get our hopes up too much when it comes to the Trump folder, as experts have claimed that there's nothing that we don't particularly know already inside.
There's still plenty of data for interested users to crawl though, and we might end up finding something intriguing hidden inside, but largely its being treated as a bit of a nonevent that, while continuously illuminating, is nothing we haven't really seen before.
Everybody is broadly in agreement that there's some level of corruption across Russia and its government, and links to some influential individuals worldwide doesn't seem to be particularly groundbreaking news in this case.
Some have even argued that Anonymous simply 'looted' whatever they could find without much care as to whether its worth reading or not, and it's not exactly a surprise that over 10 terabytes of data isn't filled to the brim with new or insightful discoveries.
