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HACKEN
IndustryCybersecurity
Founded2017
Headquarters
Tallinn
,
Estonia
Websitehttps://hacken.io/

Hacken, stylized as HACKEN, is an international cybersecurity company with Ukrainian roots that has combated Russia in cyberwar during the Russia invasion of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4][5] The headquarters is located in Tallinn, Estonia, [6][7][8][9] while the team was moved from Kyiv to Lisbon in March 2022.[10]

History

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Hacken was founded in 2017 by a group of Ukrainian specialists.[11][12][13] Hacken is officially registered as Hacken OÜ in Tallinn, Estonia.[14] In 2018, the CER.live platform was launched, which assessed the security of exchanges trading digital assets, and is used by Forbes in evaluating cryptoexchanges.[15][16]

On 2 March 2021, Hacken’s anti-DDOS tool DisBalancer was launched under the umbrella of the Hacken Foundation.[17][18]

Cyberwarfare with Russia

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Since February 24, 2022, Hacken has been involved in countering Russian aggression in cyberspace. On March 4, 2022, DisBalancer was redesigned to serve as the biggest DDOS platform for the Ukrainian IT army against Russia. It was called “Liberator" as a reaction to the invasion of Russia.[17][19][20][21][22] Liberator had attracted 10,000 collaborators from 150 countries in first months of the war.[23][24][25]

In late February and early March 2022, Hacken adjusted its bug bounty platform HackenProof to serve national defensive and offensive aims. The defensive program runs under the name “Call for Ukrainian cyber defense. Stop the war”.  The offensive program started on 27 February was named “Call for exploits. Stop the war”. It focused on finding and using vulnerabilities of Russian hosting providers, ISPs, aerospace/air control, SCADA systems, banks, public services, etc.[17][26][27][28][29]

Review

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  • Hacken occupies a major part of the first academia comprehensive analysis of the Ukrainian cyber-resistance amidst 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which performed by the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, Switzerland.[30][17]
  • Spanish El Independiente described Hacken’s office in Barcelona as perhaps the most hidden side of the Russian-Ukrainian war.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  2. ^ Marks, Joseph. "The U.S. could publicize any Russian election hacking plans much faster". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ "Перша цифрова. Атаки російських хакерів очікували, українські – стали несподіванкою. Як влаштоване українське кібервійсько — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  4. ^ Rooney, Kate (2019-01-22). "One of the world's largest crypto exchanges looks to go public in the US through a reverse merger". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  5. ^ "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "💪🏻 Hacken став найбільшим українським криптопроєктом у сфері cybersec". Na chasi (in Ukrainian). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ^ "Перша цифрова. Атаки російських хакерів очікували, українські – стали несподіванкою. Як влаштоване українське кібервійсько — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  8. ^ "Ukraine is winning the information war against Russia". Financial Times. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  9. ^ Uberti, David (2022-05-12). "They Fled Ukraine to Keep Their Cyber Startup Alive. Now, They're Hacking Back". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  10. ^ Uberti, David (2022-05-12). "They Fled Ukraine to Keep Their Cyber Startup Alive. Now, They're Hacking Back". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  11. ^ Зануда, Анастасія (2018-10-22). "Українські білі хакери: як заробити на зламах і не стати кіберзлочинцем". BBC Ukraine.
  12. ^ "Создатель экосистемы Hacken Дмитрий Будорин: "Украинским политикам сейчас не до крипты"". uaprom.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  13. ^ "Kyiv's hackers seize their wartime moment". POLITICO. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  14. ^ "Cyber warfare, drone fundraisers and a Tesla full of potatoes". Rest of World. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  15. ^ Paz, Javier. "The Best Global Crypto Exchanges". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  16. ^ "Повний огляд крипти в Україні — гравці, закони, тенденції". Na chasi (in Ukrainian). 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  17. ^ a b c d Soesanto, Stefan (June 2022). "The IT Army of Ukraine: Structure, Tasking, and Ecosystem" (PDF). Cyberdefense Report.
  18. ^ "Хроніка війни, день третій. Битва за Київ. Тільки перевірена інформація — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  19. ^ Uberti, David (2022-04-05). "How Hackers Target Bridges Between Blockchains for Crypto Heists". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  20. ^ "An 'IT army' is fighting Russian propaganda". Washington Post. 27 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Online battle: How Ukraine's cybersecurity experts became citizen soldiers for the digital era". Business Post. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  22. ^ "DDoS Attacks by Hacktivists Disrupted Russian Alcohol Supply Chain". 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  23. ^ "Более 1500 волонтеров приняли участие в DDoS-атаке на 20 российских сайтов, - disBalancer". ФОКУС (in Russian). 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  24. ^ Iriarte, Daniel (2022-06-30). "Profesionales, voluntarios y criminales: la ciberguerra sí importa en Ucrania". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  25. ^ "Opinião - John Thornhill: Ucrânia está vencendo a guerra de informação contra a Rússia". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  26. ^ "Ukrainian CEO turned hacker details the 'official cyber war' between Russia and Ukraine". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  27. ^ "Дорогі кіберзлочинці: що таке ринок кібербезпеки і чому він так швидко росте". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  28. ^ "Ukraine's crypto corps and hacker army". Financial Times. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  29. ^ "Хакери з усього світу оголосили війну Росії. Допомогти їм може будь-хто навіть без спеціальної підготовки" (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  30. ^ "The IT Army of Ukraine: Structure, Tasking, and Ecosystem". css.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  31. ^ Carrión, Francisco (2022-03-16). "La primera ciberguerra mundial se libra desde Barcelona: "Vamos a derribar la maquinaria de propaganda rusa"". El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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