18/10/2024
———InfiniteEyesNews.substack.com
The US government has faced numerous cyberattacks in recent years, compromising national security and sensitive information. What are first attributed to entire nation states and advanced persistent threat actors have now been attributed to lone individuals that have compromised US critical infrastructure, military, and intelligence entities such as the FBI, US CENTCOM, SOCOM, STRATCOM, and contractors such as Lockheed Martin. Anonymous Sudan is a “hacktivist group” of two individuals believed to be based in Sudan, emerging in 2020. This week, US Department of Justice has indicted two Sudanese nationals for their alleged involvement in the notorious hacktivist group, Anonymous Sudan. The group is known for its devastating cyberattacks on hospitals, government facilities, and other critical infrastructure.
The group has claimed responsibility for breaching:
US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) systems, National Institutes of Health (NIH) databases , US Department of Agriculture (USDA) networks. The FBI, the State Department, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and government websites for the state of Alabama also made the list. Tech victims also included Microsoft Corp. and Riot Games Inc., along with network service providers. The attacks resulted in reported network outages affecting thousands of customers.
Anonymous Sudan’s DCAT tool (allegedly repurposed open-source tools), “Godzilla,” “Skynet,” and “InfraShutdown,” were also seized. The individuals implicated Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27, Sudanese nationals both charged with one count of conspiracy to damage protected computers. Ahmed Salah is also charged with three counts of damaging protected computers.
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