A hacktivist group often known as ‘Group R70’ has named an Indian authorities web site as one among its victims.
Hailing from Yemen, Group R70 claimed duty for defacing the web site of the Chhattisgarh State Biodiversity Board. The Chhattisgarh Biodiversity Board cyber assault was not confirmed by the authorities on the time of writing.
Primarily based in central India, the Chhattisgarh State Biodiversity Board focuses on conserving and selling the state’s wealthy biodiversity. It implements initiatives to guard numerous flora, fauna, and ecosystems, making certain sustainable growth, conducting biodiversity analysis, and elevating consciousness about conservation.
The Cyber Express emailed the Chhattisgarh authorities and forest division to substantiate the Chhattisgarh Biodiversity Board cyber assault. We are going to replace this report primarily based on their response.
Chhattisgarh Biodiversity Board cyber assault by Group R70 hacker group
The hackers from the Group R70 group claimed the Chhattisgarh Biodiversity Board cyber assault as a part of the Operation India (OpIndia) marketing campaign.
Group R70 posted in regards to the alleged Chhattisgarh Biodiversity Board defacement assault on their dark web portal.
Earlier cyber assaults by Group R70 and collaboration of hacker teams
The Yemeni Group R70 hackers claimed a Swedish taxi service supplier in July this yr. Risk Intelligence Service Falcon Feeds confirmed that the focused web site was down on the time of reporting the Taxi Priser cyber assault.
Group R70 was additionally named in experiences of pro-Russian hackers focusing on Swedish web sites. The NoName hacker group claimed that they focused the web site of the Swedish Ministry of Finance in June 2023.
Following this, a number of teams together with Nameless Sudan, Group R70, UserSec, and extra, joined the league of attackers.
“Within the days that ensued, a group of identified and lesser-known hacker teams, together with Anonymous Sudan, Group 1919, Islamic Hacker Military, Host Kill Crew, US NEXUS HACKER, Mysterious Group Bangladesh, KEP TEAM, UserSec collective, Group Heroxr, Electronic Tigers Unit, Group R70, GANOSEC TEAM, and Turk Hack Group, orchestrated DDoS attacks on a myriad of Swedish web sites,” a SOC Radar report learn.
Hackers collaborating to launch large-scale cyber assaults
Hackers are collaborating and sharing sources to broaden their attain in focusing on a larger variety of web sites.
Nameless Sudan was discovered sharing its communication platform with the Killnet group. Whereas Killnet claimed that they attacked the London Metal Exchange as a part of a joint occasion.
They have been supported by –
- Nameless Sudan
- KryptonNetworks
- Killnet_reservs
- Killnet_collective
- Powerproofkibernetova
Cybercriminals use their Telegram channel to announce that they are going to be focusing on a selected nation as a part of an operation like OpIsrael, or OpSweden. Additionally they use the social media to ask new hackers and builders to affix them of their struggle towards nations.
Incessantly, hackers interact in conflicts fueled by geopolitical tensions amongst nations and people. Sadly, organizations bear the brunt of those hostilities, dealing with the repercussions within the type of lawsuits and knowledge breaches, usually leading to important monetary losses.
The LockBit ransomware group was just lately noticed actively in search of builders and testers as they tried to breach extremely safe macOS units.
These affords, attractive expert people with incentives, function alluring bait on the darkish internet, luring them into the realm of cybercrime. That is no matter whether or not they perceive the operations and campaigns launched by infamous hacker teams for whom they may work.
Evident within the current arrest of the two teens linked to the Lapsus$ hacking group, who have been offered in courtroom for a number of counts of fraud and blackmail.
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