Latest Hacktivism news

DDoS attacks target EU political parties as elections begin

Hacktivists are conducting DDoS attacks on European political parties that represent and promote strategies opposing their interests, according to a report by Cloudflare.
- Bill Toulas
- June 08, 2024
- 10:12 AM
- 3
US govt warns of pro-Russian hacktivists targeting water facilities

The US government is warning that pro-Russian hacktivists are seeking out and hacking into unsecured operational technology (OT) systems used to disrupt critical infrastructure operations.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 01, 2024
- 03:14 PM
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Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 26, 2024
- 11:59 AM
- 8
Pro-Ukraine hackers breach Russian ISP in revenge for KyivStar attack

A pro-Ukraine hacktivist group named 'Blackjack' has claimed a cyberattack against Russian provider of internet services M9com as a direct response to the attack against Kyivstar mobile operator.
- Bill Toulas
- January 10, 2024
- 02:43 PM
- 0
Kelvin Security hacking group leader arrested in Spain

The Spanish police have arrested one of the alleged leaders of the 'Kelvin Security' hacking group, which is believed to be responsible for 300 cyberattacks against organizations in 90 countries since 2020.
- Bill Toulas
- December 11, 2023
- 09:27 AM
- 0
Hacktivists breach U.S. nuclear research lab, steal employee data

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirms they suffered a cyberattack after 'SiegedSec' hacktivists leaked stolen human resources data online.
- Bill Toulas
- November 21, 2023
- 04:20 PM
- 0
Israel warns of BiBi wiper attacks targeting Linux and Windows

Data-wiping attacks are becoming more frequent on Israeli computers as researchers discovered variants of the BiBi malware family that destroys data on both Linux and Windows systems.
- Bill Toulas
- November 13, 2023
- 11:53 AM
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Hacktivists fund their operations using common cybercrime tactics

Hacktivist groups that operate for political or ideological motives employ a broad range of funding methods to support their operations.
- Bill Toulas
- August 03, 2023
- 02:59 PM
- 1
Pro-Russia DDoSia hacktivist project sees 2,400% membership increase

The pro-Russia crowdsourced DDoS (distributed denial of service) project, 'DDoSia,' has seen a massive 2,400% growth in less than a year, with over ten thousand people helping conduct attacks on Western organizations.
- Bill Toulas
- June 29, 2023
- 11:40 AM
- 0
Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks

A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on Thursday evening.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 09, 2023
- 06:06 PM
- 3
Outlook.com hit by outages as hacktivists claim DDoS attacks

Outlook.com is suffering a series of outages today after being down multiple times yesterday, with hacktivists known as Anonymous Sudan claiming to perform DDoS attacks on the service.
- Mayank Parmar
- June 06, 2023
- 12:31 PM
- 5
UK cyber-agency warns of a new ‘class’ of Russian hackers

The United Kingdom's NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) is warning of a heightened risk from attacks by state-aligned Russian hacktivists, urging all organizations in the country to apply recommended security measures.
- Bill Toulas
- April 19, 2023
- 12:57 PM
- 0
Scandinavian Airlines says cyberattack caused passenger data leak

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has posted a notice warning passengers that a recent multi-hour outage of its website and mobile app was caused by a cyberattack that also exposed customer data.
- Bill Toulas
- February 16, 2023
- 03:32 PM
- 0
Ukraine says Russian hacktivists use new Somnia ransomware

Russian hacktivists have infected multiple organizations in Ukraine with a new ransomware strain called 'Somnia,' encrypting their systems and causing operational problems.
- Bill Toulas
- November 13, 2022
- 10:06 AM
- 0
FBI: Hacktivist DDoS attacks had minor impact on critical orgs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Friday that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks coordinated by hacktivist groups have little to no impact.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 04, 2022
- 04:29 PM
- 1
US airports' sites taken down in DDoS attacks by pro-Russian hackers

The pro-Russian hacktivist group 'KillNet' is claiming large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the websites of several major airports in the U.S., making them unaccessible.
- Bill Toulas
- October 10, 2022
- 10:15 AM
- 3
Russian hacktivists take down Norway govt sites in DDoS attacks

Norway's National Security Authority (NSM) published a statement yesterday warning that some of the country's most important websites and online services are being rendered inaccessible due to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- June 30, 2022
- 10:31 AM
- 0
Lithuania warns of rise in DDoS attacks against government sites

The National Cyber Security Center (NKSC) of Lithuania has issued a public warning about a steep increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks directed against public authorities in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- June 23, 2022
- 12:00 PM
- 1
Hackers display “blood is on your hands" on Russian TV, take down RuTube

Hackers continue to target Russia with cyberattacks, defacing Russian TV to show pro-Ukrainian messages and taking down the RuTube video streaming site.
- Bill Toulas
- May 09, 2022
- 04:19 PM
- 0
Hackers behind Iranian wiper attacks linked to Syrian breaches

Destructive attacks that targeted Iran's transport ministry and national train system were coordinated by a threat actor dubbed Indra who previously deployed wiper malware on the networks of multiple Syrian organizations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 16, 2021
- 09:06 AM
- 0