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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

Krebs on Security – In-depth security news and investigation
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Two Sudanese brothers accused of running Anonymous Sudan (a.k.a. AnonSudan ) accused of launching powerful DDoS attacks.

Anonymous Sudan targeted hospitals, news websites and cloud providers.

FBI says high-profile attacks were effectively commercials for the hackers’ DDoS-for-hire service.

In February 2024 , AnonSudan launched a digital assault on the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in the Los Angeles area, an attack that caused emergency services and patients to be temporarily redirected to different hospitals. The complaint alleges that in September 2023 , AnonSudan began a week -long DDoS attack against the Internet infrastructure of Kenya , knocking offline government services, banks, universities and at least seven hospitals..