The Anonymous Sudan group of hackers is at it again. Threat actors have claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattacks against Kenyan online services.
These incidents would have affected the websites of government agencies, newspapers and others. The group started these attacks a few days ago and has promised that there will be more.
As Anonymous Sudan would have shared on its Telegram channel, the germ of these threats would be in the ongoing war of words between Kenya and Sudan.
Recently the president of the latter, William Ruto, has proposed that East African troops offer support for peacekeeping in Sudan, which has been in conflict for more than three months.
For his part, General Yasirr al-Atta threatened to wipe out all troops if they were deployed and to see the foreign military as enemy forces, regardless of their mission. The person in charge warned Kenya not to meddle in his affairs.
Anonymous Sudan flooded its Telegram channel with screenshots of Kenyan citizens complaining that various citizen services were not working. One of the portals affected has been eCitizen, an essential service that is used to renew the driver’s license, renew the visa and a host of other services.
A few days ago these hackers also targeted one of the most popular newspapers in Kenya, The Standard, according to TechNext24.
In the past, the group of cybercriminals has carried out other denial of service attacks against countries such as Israel, the United Arab Emirates, France or Australia.
A few weeks ago Anonymous Sudan bragged about successfully hacking into Microsoft and gaining access to “a huge database” containing more than 30 million accounts, emails and passwords for the tech giant. The group was selling this alleged loot for $50,000.
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