Logo-like hood and thinly veiled threats: “France, what are you doing? Do you want to invade Niger? Do you want to suffer the same fate as Kenya? No problem… we never liked injustice.” On its favorite channel of communication, its encrypted messaging channel Telegram, Anonymous Sudan has been threatening France since Monday with a wave of denial-of-service (DDos) cyberattacks against institutions and their websites. Not costly and often symbolic, these actions involve saturating a site or service with connection requests to render it unavailable. The source of their anger? The political crisis in Niger, where putschists came to power last Wednesday and wrongly accused the former colonial country of wanting military intervention.
This group of “pro-Islamist” hackers hit the headlines last March by parasitizing the websites of hospitals, universities and French airports. According to Numerama, the DGSI, the French intelligence services and the Paris prosecutor’s office considered this threat serious enough to launch an investigation into “obstruction of the automated data processing system.”
“The real potential of an operational attack is visible and effective”
“They don’t always follow through on their threats, but since their introduction at the start of the year, they have shown real operational denial-of-service capability that is both noticeable and effective,” analyzes Adrien Mervey, CTO at Check Point France. . Despite a few brilliant strikes, these attackers remain in the shadows, and no one knows who is hiding behind this structured organization. “Their name does not guarantee that they are based in Sudan and have nothing to do with the Anonymous team, because they are organized with a real hierarchy and principles,” the expert emphasizes.
The hackers also attacked the AP-HP websites and the Lyon and Marseille hospitals in late June to protest the death of “Nahel’s Algerian child.” Close to the pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet (backed by the Kremlin), Anonymous Sudan does not hesitate to pass on its attack instructions in Cyrillic (used in Russia in particular) to mobilize its community of tens of thousands of followers around the world. . Their latest message, posted on Telegram on Tuesday, also threatens Nigeria, which they say is ready to help “French imperialists and fight Niger.” »
Their further actions will be carefully studied. “They, like all other groups of pirates, will have to be watched in August, when they are most active, because they know that the workforce is reduced during the holidays and public holidays,” warns Adrian Mervey, who urges vigilance against cyber attacks that can be more destructive. than symbolic.
Source: Le Parisien
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