Anonymous Sudan has launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Telegram in response to the messaging platform’s decision to deactivate its principal account, according to threat intelligence firm SOCRadar.
Anonymous Sudan, claiming to be a hacktivist group motivated by political and religious concerns, carried out DDoS attacks against organisations in Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The group has been active since the beginning of the year, and on January 18, it launched its Telegram channel, proclaiming its intention to undertake cyberattacks against any entity that opposes Sudan. The group’s operations began with the targeting of many Swedish websites.
However, in June, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint Online were the targets of a string of disruptive DDoS attacks launched by Anonymous Sudan, which quickly gained attention. Cloud computing platform Azure from Microsoft was also impacted.
Microsoft, which recor
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