Hackers from the Anonymous Sudan group launched a massive cyberattack against France on Monday. At the end of the evening, the hackers were amused to see the damage caused and the media coverage generated.
Hackers have financial and/or political motivations when they carry out computer attacks against institutions such as ministries, as was the case on Monday March 11, 2024 in France. But behind the pirates, we find human beings, made of flesh and blood who like to show that their egos have been satisfied. The pro-Russian hackers from the Anonymous Sudan group, responsible for the attack, prove it by provoking the authorities a little more.
The group of hackers who attacked France on Monday are amused by the chaos caused
“ It’s been more than 24 hours, and the deployed crisis “cyber team” has proven useless », Wrote the Anonymous Sudan group last night shortly before midnight. But as we have seen, the provocation does not stop there.
“ The attack is still underway and we relax while their systems burn. This is the situation within the “cyber-crisis team” », they added, in French and English. It must be said that the attack caused significant disruption, reignited fears 136 days before the Paris Olympic Games, and led to extensive media coverage.
The first emails mentioning an incident on the State interministerial network were received within the ministries on Monday morning. Several of them, as well as the services of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, would have been affected. The hackers allegedly worked by launching a DDoS (denial of service) attack. This type of cyberattack consists of sending a very large number of requests in waves to a target, a website for example, to slow it down and prevent it from working. The La Poste group is one of the recent victims of this type of attack.
Anonymous Sudan, a collective which allegedly supports Russia and causes heavy damage
Regarding the person responsible for the cyberattack carried out against French ministries, the Anonymous Sudan group is not unknown on our territory. Customary in fact when it comes to DDoS attacks, it has been noticed for more than a year in various regions of the world. Although it appears to defend an Islamist ideology, its members are mainly driven by political intentions largely favorable to Russia.
In other words, these hackers, who have become accustomed to communicating in English and Arabic, have no proven links with Sudan. This does not mean, however, that they are financed by the Kremlin directly. There is no evidence to confirm this at this stage. However, in August 2023, the collective threatened France with reprisals if it intervened during the putsch in Niger, during which “Long live Russia” were chanted.
In recent days, the Anonymous Sudan group struck Israel’s number one telecom operator, Partner (formerly owned by Orange), on March 7, the day after a devastating DDoS attack which brought down Egyptian communications infrastructure.
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