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Hackers create website to prank call Russian officials and waste their time
A group of international hackers are attempting to distract Russian officials from the war in Ukraine with joke calls.
The pranksters, behind a website called WasteRussianTime.today, have cleverly created an auto call system to use as a "weapon" to annoy Moscow's government workers, ultimately distracting them from the military campaign.
By visiting the page and clicking a button, the website will start ringing a list of leaked phone numbers belonging to the Russian government, military and intelligence.
A short clip of audio has been released by the hackers.
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