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AgainstTheWest, otherwise known as ATW, is a hacktivist group. Believed to be based in western Europe, the group gained notoriety in 2022 for a breach of the Rosatom.

The group has been rebraded to use the name BlueHornet as well as AgainstTheWest.

Group Origins & The Russo-Ukrainian War
Dating back to October 2021, AgainstTheWest have been engaging in cyber-attacks prominently on the country of China. However, this was switched up when the group decided to target Russian companies and government agencies in November and December of 2021.

Ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, AgainstTheWest has been working on leaking data surround Russian companies and government agencies in the form of source code, sensitive documents, images and blueprints. The group has collaborated on many occasions with Anonymous via leaks on Telegram and Twitter.

It is widely believed that AgainstTheWest is a front for state-sponsored hackers, as the group have used sophisticated methods of attacks commonly employed by nation-state groups.

Notable Data breaches
Rosatom: On Febuary 28th, AgainstTheWest had published Rosatom’s Allure and source code from their development platform.

Gazprom: On March 5th, AgainstTheWest released the internal source code belonging to russian energy giant, Gazprom.

PromEngineering: On March 1st, AgainstTheWest release data belonging to PromEngineering, in the form of blueprints of power source development.

Nestlé: On March 21st, AgainstTheWest had issued a warning shot to Nestle and other companies refusing to backout of Russia ahead of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

People’s Bank of China: On October 15th, AgainstTheWest put-up the sale of the backend source code belonging to the Bank of China.

Sberbank: On March 2nd, AgainstTheWest published the data belonging to Sberbank, one of Russia's major state-owned banks.

NPKTAIR: A day later, on March 3rd, AgainstTheWest went ahead and published data belonging to NPKTAIR, a Russian tool-manufacturer.

Almaz-Antey: On January 18th, AgainstTheWest published the a massive collection of data belonging to Almaz-Antey, a major Russian defence contractor.