Tag: Hacktivists
Pro-Russian cyberattack: how hacktivists finance harassment of Europe
Russian ultranationalist hacktivism has been organized around hacker groups, funded to harass government sites across Europe and the United States. The harassment of French administration sites by pro-Russian hacktivists has…
How the Israeli app Red Alert was hijacked by pro-Palestinian hacktivists
Specialists expected it: unsurprisingly, the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas in Israel ten days ago was accompanied by computer replicas from hacktivist groups aimed at further destabilizing Israelis in…
Pro-Russian hacktivists attack around fifty French sites
Pro-Russian hacktivists are still trying to keep up the pressure. After French communities and small businesses targeted in May, Anonymous Russia and UserSec have just claimed Monday on Telegram messaging…
After France-Visas, the Ministry of Justice targeted by a DDoS attack by pro-Russian hacktivists
They had attacked the France-Visas site the day before, blocking its access for several hours, as noted by Numerama. The pro-Russian hacktivists of UserSec attacked several sites of the French…
Ukraine wants to legalize its “army of hacktivists” engaged against Russia
The Ukrainian government would like to found a voluntary cyber defense force to serve the country. A “Ukrainian computer army” already unites thousands of hacktivists around the world in counter-attack…
Belarus: Hacktivists attack the train
A group of cyberactivists from Belarus have launched a ransomware attack on the country’s railway system in protest against President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian troop movements in the country. On…