Posted on 06/14/2024 3:26:02 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. An investigation into Stark Industries reveals it is being used as a global proxy network that conceals the true source of cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against enemies of Russia.
At least a dozen patriotic Russian hacking groups have been launching DDoS attacks since the start of the war at a variety of targets seen as opposed to Moscow. But by all accounts, few attacks from those gangs have come close to the amount of firepower wielded by a pro-Russia group calling itself “NoName057(16).”
(Excerpt) Read more at krebsonsecurity.com ...
Here's another: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-conti-and-lockbit-ransomware-crypter-specialist/
And: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/05/how-did-authorities-identify-the-alleged-lockbit-boss/
Not to ignore China, but so far China hasn't actually invaded anybody yet.
Long live the Crimson Dynamo.
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