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Tom Boggioni

RARE PHOTOS: Anti putin printer attack - The Real Truth

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seen during a meeting with members of Russian business community in the Moscow Kremlin. Alexei Nikolsky\TASS via Getty Images

According to a report from the International Business Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin's clamping down on media coverage of his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine -- which is going poorly -- is being undercut by the hacktivist collective known as "Anonymous."

With the Russian strongman threatening Russian media personalities with prison for labeling the incursion a "war" and Russian state media parroting talking points and propaganda from the Kremlin, Anonymous has created a workaround by hacking into unsecured printers and sending out statements with details of military losses and encouraging resistance to the invasion and Putin.

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