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Cyber attacks on public websites have become an increasing concern for governments across the world, and this article is related to one such news. An Indonesian hackers’ group claimed on the dark web that they are responsible for cyber attacks launched on over 12,000 Indian websites, and more will follow in the coming days.

After suspicion pointed towards Anonymous Sudan, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs, disclosed that the culprit is an Indonesian hackers’ group that has been assigned the task to take down crucial infrastructure via denial-of-service attacks or ransomware.

According to a source from the Home Ministry, the attacks were supposed to trigger concerns among the government and the populace. But fortunately, most of the attacks were neutralized at the entry point by related software tools, thus bringing a big relief to the BJP-led government, which otherwise would have been prone to a major embarrassment.

Interestingly, a few healthcare and defense websites related to Central and State governments were also targeted by a pro-Islamic hacktivist group named “Anonymous Sudan” in the last week of March this year. Their plan was to target the digital operations being carried out at the seaports, airports, and major hospitals.

US-based cybersecurity firm Radware confirmed that the attacks were politically motivated and might be the work of those who were acting on the words of the opposition parties to divert attention. Those impacted were the airport websites in Hyderabad, New Delhi, Cochin, Goa, and the Airports Authority of India, IRCTC, and Income Tax websites.

Security analysts state that the work could be that of those who were interested in churning out cyber warfare. Not long ago, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was also hit by a malware attack, disrupting the digital operations of the medical institute for weeks.

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Russia started a war in Ukraine in the early hours of February 24th,2022, and even after 100 days of the invasion, the country could not get a complete hold of the entire region. On one hand, Putin’s led nation is facing a fund, ammunition, and manpower crunch on the other, it is also facing cyber threats from Ukraine.

Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti released a report that the country’s Construction, Housing, and utility website was down because of a cyber attack launched by Anonymous Group, which stated that it made the hack in the Glory of Ukraine.

Interestingly, RIA states sensitive data was stolen from the website and now the hackers are demanding a ransom to prevent data from spilling onto the dark web.

Security analysts state that the Anonymous group never indulges in threatening tactics. However, there is also doing around on the internet that the said hacking group might have indulged in blackmailing to keep its cash registers ringing.

Kremlin touted the latest hack as the biggest in the country’s history after the start of the war with Ukraine in Feb this year. In May, a state television channel was hacked on Victory day and almost 90 days ago, news agency TASS and News resource Kommersant were hacked.

Killnet, a Pro-Russian hacking group, has announced that it will launch a retaliation-filled cyber attack on the criminal gang that is behind the attack. Also, it reiterated the fact that the west needs to pay a heavy price for supporting Ukraine in the hack.

 

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