Rowdy Russian Hackers Hobble Stuttgart City Site, Cops Suggest
Pro-Russian cyber-attackers disabled Stuttgart's official online platform. - Russian supporters successfully breached and disrupted Stuttgart's digital infrastructure, causing their official website to malfunction.
Hey there! Here's the lowdown on an unpleasant cyber incident that hit Stuttgart's city admin last week. Folksy cyber-hoodlums, , claimed ownership, with coppers suspecting they also wreaked havoc in Berlin, Dresden, and Munich's Security Conference.
These lads have been spewing chaos since 2022, mainly setting their sights on cities backing Ukraine in its beef with Russia. The how exactly they breached Stuttgart's digital fortress remains a mystery, police said. Previously, SWR unmasked this tale.
So, Stuttgart's site had to get the axe, brought down by a DDoS attack. Basically, tech nastiness bombarded the site with requests, jamming it up. similar blitz happened on Dresden's portal, and Berlin's site was kept in the dark for days.
Now, Ellwangen city got targets on its back too, with some chef-d'oeuvre cyber ambush on April 24th. However, cops don't see being the culprit behind this one.
Now, about - they're a bunch of pro-Russian hackivists, infamous for setting off ol' fashioned DDoS attacks on organizations seemingly siding with Ukraine. They've been a pest since March 2022 and are allies in some broader game of state-loyal hackivism that revolves around geopolitical conflicts between Russia and Ukraine.
Their playbook involves using tools like the Bobik botnet and DDoSIA, generally focusing on disrupting gov't and critical infrastructure networks across the globe. During times of high geopolitical tension, they amp up their game and attract volunteers by appealing to their ideals and doling out financial rewards. They've been known to strike entities in Italy, various banks, airports, and ports, and more recently, Dutch public and private organizations.
Despite 's notorious reputation, there's no evidentiary proof suggesting they targeted Stuttgart, Dresden, Berlin, or the Munich Security Conference specifically. They're usually just part of a larger geopolitical chess game involving state-backed hackivism.
- Stuttgart police suspect the pro-Russian hacker group, NoName057(16), as the culprit behind the DDoS attack on Stuttgart City's site, but they also believe the group could have been involved in similar cyber incidents in Berlin, Dresden, and Munich.
- The Employment Policy of Stuttgart City may need to address potential cybersecurity issues to protect its digital infrastructure from future attacks, given the recent incident and potential link to NoName057(16).
- As Ellwangen city faces a cyber ambush on April 24th, Ellwangen's Community Policy might need to focus on enhancing cybersecurity measures to protect its critical infrastructure, as NoName057(16) is not currently a suspect in this case.
- The Russian hacker group, NoName057(16), has been making headlines in general-news, crime-and-justice sectors since 2022, using tools like the Bobik botnet and DDoSIA to target government and critical infrastructure networks in support of pro-Russian politics.
- The Employment Policy at cybersecurity firms could consider increasing hiring in response to the rising need for professionals to combat the threat posed by hacker groups such as NoName057(16), particularly during periods of high geopolitical tension involving Russia and Ukraine.
