US Charges Duo Behind 'Anonymous Sudan' For Over 35,000 DDoS Attacks (hackread.com) 12
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hackread: The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted two Sudanese nationals for their alleged role in operating the hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan. The group claimed fame for conducting "tens of thousands" of large-scale and crippling Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS attacks) targeting critical infrastructure, corporate networks, and government agencies globally. Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27, stand accused of conspiracy to damage protected computers. Ahmed Salah faces additional charges for damaging protected computers. The duo is believed to have controlled Anonymous Sudan, which, since early 2023, launched attacks on high-profile entities such as ChatGPT, UAE's Flydubai Airline, London Internet Exchange, Microsoft, and the Israeli BAZAN Group.
The group and its clients also utilized the Distributed Cloud Attack Tool (DCAT) to conduct over 35,000 DDoS attacks. These attacks targeted sensitive government and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and globally, including the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, FBI, State Department, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The attacks, which sometimes lasted days, reportedly caused major damage, often crippling websites and networks. For instance, the attack on Cedars-Sinai Medical Center forced the redirection of incoming patients for eight hours, causing over $10 million in damages to U.S. victims.
The group and its clients also utilized the Distributed Cloud Attack Tool (DCAT) to conduct over 35,000 DDoS attacks. These attacks targeted sensitive government and critical infrastructure in the U.S. and globally, including the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, FBI, State Department, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The attacks, which sometimes lasted days, reportedly caused major damage, often crippling websites and networks. For instance, the attack on Cedars-Sinai Medical Center forced the redirection of incoming patients for eight hours, causing over $10 million in damages to U.S. victims.
I get that this is 'regressive' (Score:2)
...but you understand that until the consequence of this is extreme and brutal, these won't stop - right?
I'm talking about something more than just killing them. I'm talking about very much older school levels of punishment before they're ~allowed~ to die.
If we're too civilized to do that, understand that I"m fine with that!
The consequence is that we have to accept that with the internet we simply will eternally have vital infrastructure exposed to assault from awful people around the world. People who ha
Re:I get that this is 'regressive' (Score:4, Informative)
Hanging, drawing & quartering or boiling in oil didn't end treason.
And there's a pretty good chance that you'd trigger reprisals from suicide bombers
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Does the US actually have any form of access to them? The US has charged people in Russia and several other countries with cybercrimes, but it is not as though Russia is actually going to extradite them.
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Not directly. But if they leave the country and just happen to appear in a country friendly to the U.S., let's say France, they could be arrested then extradited.
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That isn't just regressive, it's ineffective (Score:2)
I guess you could use something like the pain ray to keep them in a constant state of agony via medical torture. But again, you'll have people just trying to commit more ex
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Any time I mention we should be executing rapists, child molesters, animal abusers, and murders, all I hear are excuses from people how that won't work. "We tried it before and nothing happened." "You need to get to the root cause of why they're doing this." "Removing one person won't make a difference."
What makes you think this would be any different?
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Being on the internet means you are essentially as if you were going for a walk in the worst part of the world's worst city. You are exposing yourself to those with no morals and nothing but time to attack you. Even worse is how little risk it entails on their part. They don't have to worry about you punching back at them, you are completely on the defensive.
Got confused there for a sec (Score:2)
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It sounds like they targetted hospitals (Score:2)
Either way that's *stupid* and regardless of their intentions yeah, we're gonna have to throw the book at them (assuming they got the right guys, again, don't trust cops, especially when they arrest kids, and 22 is still a kid to us old codgers).
I don't believe in using prison to deter crime, but I do believe in using it
The bots (Score:2)
Those who don't maintain their systems and let them be used as bots should be held accountable also. ISPs that let their customers broadcast ddos attacks should also be held accountable.