Anonymous Sudan

Anonymous Sudan
FoundedJanuary 2023
TypeHacker group
PurposeConducting DDoS attacks, targeting perceived anti-Muslim activities
MethodsCyberattacks, DDoS attacks
Key people
  • Ahmed Salah Yusuuf Omer
  • Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer

Anonymous Sudan is a criminal hacker group that has been active since mid-January 2023. They are alleged to have committed over 35,000 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against entire small countries, government agencies, universities, newspapers, hospitals and LGBT sites. While they claim to be doing it for pro-Palestinian ideological reasons, they have attempted to extort money from victims.

In a US federal grand jury indictment unsealed in October 2024, two Sudanese brothers, Ahmed Omer and Alaa Omer, were arrested and charged in March 2024 with operating and controlling Anonymous Sudan. The US Department of Justice and FBI seized and disabled the group's DDoS tools and infrastructure at that time.[1][2][3][4] Contrary to its name, there are no known links to the hacker collective Anonymous.[5] Some analysts believe it may have originated in Russia.[5][6]

  1. ^ Krebs, Brian. "Sudanese brothers arrested in 'AnonSudan' takedown - Krebs on Security". KrebsOnSecurity. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ^ Sganga, Nicole (16 October 2024). "2 Sudanese brothers charged with running cyberattack-for-hire gang - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ^ Menn, Joseph (16 October 2024). "U.S. charges Sudanese men with running powerful cyberattack-for-hire gang". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Two Sudanese Nationals Indicted for Alleged Role in Anonymous Sudan Cyberattacks on Hospitals, Government Facilities, and Other Critical Infrastructure in Los Angeles and Around the World". US Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b Petkauskas, Vilius (23 June 2023). "Anonymous Sudan: neither anonymous nor Sudanese". CyberNews.
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