ANONYMOUS has claimed that it has shut down Russia's space agency, Roscosmos.

The hacking team has said that Russian officials have "no more control over their spy satellites."

However, the Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, denied the claim and called the group "petty swindlers."

In a social media statement, he said: "The information of these scammers and petty swindlers is not true. All our space activity control centers are operating normally."

Rogozin has previously stated that control of the Russian space industry, orbital group and the Russian International Space Station segment is protected from cyber criminals.

It comes just days after Anonymous claimed it had successfully breached over 300 Russian websites and offered troops over $53,000 to give up their tanks.