Other hacktivism gangs involved in the campaign appear to be similarly connected.ĭark Storm, for example, speaks in Russian on its Telegram channel and appears to engage in pro-Russian hacktivism campaigns such as those against Sweden and Denmark, which are known to be in relation to the war in Ukraine. Anonymous Sudan, deeply involved in the current anti-France campaign, is widely assumed to be a shell operation for cybercriminal gang Killnet, which has direct links to the Russian Government. However, there may be more to this story than meets the eye. View all newsletters Sign up to our newsletters Data, insights and analysis delivered to you By The Tech Monitor team Sign up here Is the new #OpFrance what it seems? The hacktivism gang Mysterious Team spoke to journalists at French technology magazine Numerama explaining its reasons for attacking French infrastructure. The ongoing #OpFrance operation appears, on the surface, to have similar political goals, with the criminals saying it is a reaction to unrest in several former French colonies in West Africa. Similarly to the purported reasons for the current campaign, #OpFrance in 2015 was a joint attack on French online resources organised by pro-Islam radical hackers from groups including the United Islamic Cyber force, the Fallaga Team, AnonGhost and the Cyber Caliphate. It first emerged online as a hacktivism campaign following the terrorist attack on the editorial offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in 2015. Another ‘Anonymous’ group has allegedly carried out an attack on the country’s health service. Dark Storm claims to have knocked the Montpellier Airport website offline while another gang, Mysterious Team, claims to have brought down the French electricity network website and the Université Paris Cité, as well as airports in Calvi, Lille Strasbourg and Toulon. Many other cyberattacks bearing the same legend have been carried out against targets France. Tech Monitor has contacted Charles de Gaulle Airport for comment but has yet to receive a response.
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