- October 18, 2024
- 10:29 pm
- World News
The United States has charged two Sudanese citizens for their roles in the cyberattack. The indictment indicates that the attack was carried out as Hamas militants breached the border, preventing warning systems from providing advance warning of rocket attacks.
Writes about this on October 18, 2024 The New York Timesboth accused are associated with the group Anonymous Sudanwhich the US Department of Justice considers one of the most dangerous cyber threats in the world. In just a year of its existence, the group has carried out approximately 35,000 cyberattacks, targeting government websites including the FBI and the Department of Justice, as well as major news outlets such as The Washington Post And CNN.
The trial of two brothers from Sudan, Ahmed and Alaa Omer, who are accused of carrying out large-scale cyber attacks against Israel and other countries, has begun in the United States.
According to the indictment, the brothers launched a DDOS attack shortly after the terrorists crossed into Israel. Ahmed Omer started an online warning system that notifies citizens of rocket attacks and other threats.
A representative of one of the systems, Tzofar – Red Alert, confirmed that their service was subject to a serious attack, which is why users could not access the site, although notifications through the mobile application continued to arrive.
“We are currently targeting critical warning systems in Israel,” reported group “Anonymous Sudan” in its Telegram channel on October 7, adding: “Glory to the Palestinian resistance, we are with you.” But the indictment does not say that the hackers collaborated with Hamas.
According to information published in Axios,, pro-Russian forces, in particular the Killnet group, may be behind the hacker group from Sudan, known as Anonymous Sudan.
Previously, the Anonymous Sudan hacker group, responsible for a series of Microsoft outages in early June 2023 and attacks on targets in Israel, Sweden, the United States and other countries, was suspected of having ties to Russia. Writes about this Bloomberg.
Anonymous Sudan describes itself as a hacktivist group that carries out cyberattacks from Africa on behalf of “oppressed Muslims around the world.” According to them, the distributed DDoS attack on Microsoft on June 5 was retaliation for US policy on the military conflict in Sudan.
Some cybersecurity experts have concluded that the group actually operates from Russia and carries out hacking attacks for a completely different purpose – to advance Moscow's goals.
The brothers are now in custody outside the United States, and authorities are negotiating their possible extradition. One of them has been charged with a life sentence.
