US Charges Duo Behind 'Anonymous Sudan' For Over 35,000 DDoS Attacks (hackread.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/17/0020245/us-charges-duo-behind-anonymous-sudan-for-over-35000-ddos-attacks
- Source link: https://hackread.com/us-charges-anonymous-sudan-35000-ddos-attacks/
> The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has [1]indicted two Sudanese nationals for their alleged role in operating the hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan. The group claimed fame for [2]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.
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> 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, [3]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.
[1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-sudanese-nationals-indicted-alleged-role-anonymous-sudan-cyberattacks-hospitals
[2] https://hackread.com/us-charges-anonymous-sudan-35000-ddos-attacks/
[3] https://x.com/Cyberknow20/status/1758650215194931339
Got confused there for a sec (Score:2)
I was thinking why were they filing charges against Duo, the multifactor authentication service?
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Capitalizing Every Word In A Headline Does Cause Confusion.
It sounds like they targetted hospitals (Score:2)
I can't tell if that's because they're young & dumb or if they're actually trying to be terrorists. The cops are saying terrorists but I don't trust cops and neither should you.
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
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> The cops are saying terrorists
"Terrorist" means "someone I don't like".
All other meaning has been diluted.
> I don't believe in using prison to deter crime, but I do believe in using it to lock up people who can be a genuine danger to the community and this counts.
It was not a violent crime. Just keep them away from computers. Put ankle trackers on them and assign them to clean bedpans in nursing homes for 60 hours per week.
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.
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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Does the US actually have any form of access to them?
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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Lighten up Francis.
That isn't just regressive, it's ineffective (Score:2)
multiple studies show harsher punishments don't work. They just make more hardened criminals. You can just straight up murder anyone convicted of a crime, but that causes chaos and fear leading to more crime, and the crime is more extreme because the attitude becomes "well they're gonna kill me anyway, might as well take 'em with me".
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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> multiple studies show harsher punishments don't work. They just make more hardened criminals.
Indeed. America has the world's highest incarceration rate by far. It also has the world's highest recidivism rate.
Within America, there are big variations in incarceration rates between states. Those with harsher sentencing have higher recidivism rates.
> There's only one way to stop crime: take care of everyone. Federal jobs, housing and healthcare guarantees.
That has worked nowhere. "The projects" of the 1960s created festering SHs of crime. If giving people free stuff without accountability worked, then Detroit would be the best city in America.
> Anyway go watch Trading Places.
You shouldn't try to support your hypothesis by citing works of fic
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...but you understand that until the consequence of this is extreme and brutal, these won't stop - right?
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.