hacktivism

The Archive of Our Own—the largest digital library for fanfiction currently operating, and one of the highest-trafficked sites in the world—was temporarily unavailable after it experienced a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack from a hacker group calling itself “Anonymous Sudan.” Ao3 reported the outage early on the morning of July 10 and had restored service by around noon EST July 11.Teyonah Parris and John Boyega on Working With Jamie Foxx | io9 InterviewWhile Anonymous Sudan is posing as a…

A leaked intelligence briefing that emerged over the weekend seems to reveal a hacking episode carried out by a pro-Russian hacktivist group against a major Canadian gas pipeline.Teenage Cybercrime Gang LAPSUS$ Strikes AgainA glut of classified Pentagon documents have poured onto the internet in recent days in what is reputed to be a major leak of American national security secrets. The leaks, the source of which is still unknown, seem to reveal a broad swath of clandestine information—much of which relates to U.S. and…

The threat of ‘hacktivism’ or cyberattacks on government bodies motivated by political or social reasons is set to rise in 2023, experts said citing growing geopolitical and social conflict, and called for strengthening of security measures around critical infrastructure. In the past few months, various government bodies in India have been subject to such cyberattacks. Some of these were triggered by derogatory remarks made on Prophet Muhammad which led to reactions from a group, DragonForce Malaysia, which attacked more…