ALBAWABA - The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that two Sudanese nationals have been charged with leading the group of hackers known as "Anonymous Sudan" which is suspected of launching tens of thousands of cyber attacks against government organizations.
The two men are accused of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyrber attacks against US Government and vital infrastructure throughout the globe.
"This group’s attacks were callous and brazen – the defendants went so far as to attack hospitals providing emergency and urgent care to patients," U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement.
An indictment released in a federal court in Los Angeles charged Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27, with conspiring to cause harm to protected computers. Three charges of causing damage to protected computers are also brought against Omer.
Since early 2023, the defendants allegedly launched over 35,000 DDoS attacks, including at least 70 that targeted computers in the Los Angeles area, using a program known as "Godzilla," "Skynet," or "InfraShutdown," according to the prosecution.
Among the victims were the FBI, the Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Microsoft, Riot Games, and the U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense, and State. For victims in the United States alone, the assaults resulted in outages and losses exceeding $10 million, according to authorities.
