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Two Sudanese nationals suspected of being involved in more than 35,000 DDoS attacks against hospitals, government offices, infrastructure facilities, etc. have been indicted. The two were said to have been involved in the operation and management of the hacker group “Anonymous Sudan.”
Central District of California | Two Sudanese Nationals Indicted for Alleged Role in Anonymous Sudan Cyberattacks on Hospitals, Government Facilities, and Other Critical Infrastructure in Los Angeles and Around the World | United States Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/two-sudanese-nationals-indicted-alleged-role-anonymous-sudan-cyberattacks-hospitals
US charges Sudanese man with running huge cyberattack-for-hire gang – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/sudanese-charged-cyberattack-gang/
Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/us-prosecutors-take-down-operation-accused-of-35000-ddoses-over-14-months/
Those indicted are the brothers Ahmed Salah Yousif Omar (22) and Alaa Salah Yousuf Omar (27). The two are believed to have been operators of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan. In addition, there is no connection as an organization with the famous hacker group “Anonymous”, and rather, the part where Sudan’s nationalist ideology can be seen was characteristic.
Anonymous Sudan’s Telegram channel had 80,000 users and conducted DDoS attacks against hospitals in Los Angeles, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and companies such as Microsoft, OpenAI, Netflix, and PayPal.
The two defendants reportedly boasted about the results of the DDoS attack on their Telegram channel. According to prosecutors, more than 35,000 attacks using DDoS tools used by Anonymous Sudan were confirmed between January 2023 and March 2024. For example, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was attacked for eight hours. It has been reported that the patient was unable to accept the patient and was transferred to another hospital.
Furthermore, the DDoS tool was provided to paid subscription users for “$100 (about 15,000 yen) per day, $600 (about 90,000 yen) per week, and 17 million dollars (about 250,000 yen) per month.” It seems that sometimes.
Although they were indicted, the two were not in the United States, and were arrested and detained outside the United States in March 2024. It is not clear in which country he is being detained or whether there are plans to extradite him to the United States in the future.
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