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(Photo by Denise Truscello\/Getty Images for OnlyFans) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"49.378320729106\"><body readability=\"99.38293127914\"><\/p>\n<p>Anonymous Sudan, an apparent pro-Russian hacktivist persona, claimed a one-hour distributed denial of service attack on OnlyFans Wednesday, the latest in a string of operations aimed at targets in the U.S. and Europe. <\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s digital assaults coincide with attacks coming from a broader network of hackers aligned with Moscow seeking attention from taking down high-profile victims and strategic targets, many that support Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous Sudan appears to be affiliated with <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/killnet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Killnet<\/a>, a pro-Russian hacktivist persona that emerged in late 2021 or early 2022 and has claimed DDoS attacks, data theft and leaks on perceived adversaries of the Russian government, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandiant.com\/resources\/blog\/killnet-new-capabilities-older-tactics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an analysis from Google\u2019s Mandiant<\/a> released Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Many of Killnet\u2019s early attacks gave the air of an operation thirsty for western media attention via claims of high-impact attacks on targets that were more flash than substance, including the March 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/news\/local\/bradley-airport-website-suffers-cyber-attack\/2750473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DDoS attack on a Connecticut airport<\/a> and the July attack on the website for the U.S. Congress, which briefly affected public access.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Overtime, the Killnet network of affiliated personas has evolved to include a flurry of fronts responsible for DDoS attacks on more than 500 distinct victims, according to Mandiant. Anonymous Sudan, while only emerging online in January 2023, accounted for 63% of those attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous Sudans\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/microsoft-response-to-layer-7-distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">successful disruption of some Microsoft web services<\/a> in June, along with Killnet\u2019s release of purported stolen NATO documents \u2014 released through a channel called \u201cKillnet \u2013 F*** NATO\u201d in April 2023 \u2014 demonstrate that the network is evolving from being solely a low-level DDoS effort yearning for attention. <\/p>\n<p>Anonymous Sudan claimed another attack on Microsoft on Thursday, but CyberScoop could not independently verify whether one had occurred. A Microsoft representative said the company was aware of the claims and was investigating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Mandiant cannot confirm collaboration or cooperation with Russian security services, KillNet\u2019s targeting of victims consistently reflects the interests of the Russian state,\u201d Mandiant concluded Thursday. \u201cThe collective\u2019s apparent significant growth in capabilities, demonstrated by Microsoft\u2019s confirmation that Anonymous Sudan was responsible for the outages they experienced, potentially indicates a significant increase in outside investment in the collective, further suggesting a potential tie to the Russian state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear who is behind Anonymous Sudan, but it almost certainly is not part of the larger Anonymous collective and likely has nothing to do with the original Anonymous Sudan, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truesec.com\/hub\/blog\/what-is-anonymous-sudan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a February 2023 analysis<\/a> from Swedish cybersecurity firm Truesec. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The February analysis included a look at the group\u2019s DDoS infrastructure, revealing that it used a cluster of 61 paid servers hosted at IBM\/Softlayer in Germany, with traffic then routed through open proxies to disguise the true origin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of paid infrastructure strongly suggests that the operation is financed by someone with more money than a relatively new and previously unknown hacktivist group typically has available,\u201d the Truesec report read. \u201cThe fact that the threat actor uses paid infrastructure doesn\u2019t prove the attacks are government-sponsored, but it is additional evidence that the operation has been carefully organized by someone willing to pay for it, not a spontaneous action by activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truesec concluded that the \u201cmost likely explanation is instead that the new so-called \u2018Anonymous Sudan\u2019 is part of a Russian information operation\u201d created to create fear in Sweden<strong> <\/strong>and possibly \u201cstrengthen a narrative that Russia is not isolated and create the illusion that there are online activists all over the world supporting Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new iteration of Anonymous Sudan emerged on Telegram three days before far-right Swedish politician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/27\/burning-of-quran-in-stockholm-funded-by-journalist-with-kremlin-ties-sweden-nato-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rasmus Paludan burned a Quran<\/a> in front of the Turkish embassy, Truesec noted. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the incident as an example of why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/24\/sweden-can-not-expect-turkeys-support-for-nato-membership-erdogan-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turkey would not support<\/a> Sweden\u2019s membership in NATO (a position <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/10\/world\/europe\/erdogan-turkey-sweden-nato.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he reversed<\/a> in July). Two days after the burning, Anonymous Sudan declared attacks on Swedish targets, and overlapping attacks with the Killnet network began a few weeks after that, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>OnlyFans was intermittently available mid-afternoon Wednesday and multiple accounts on Twitter began complaining that the site was down starting at about 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S. A message posted to its Telegram channel announcing the attack just before 3 p.m. ET did not include a stated reason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither OnlyFans or its parent company, Fenix International Limited, responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated, July 20, 2023:<\/strong> This story has been updated to include comment from a Microsoft representative.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"1.2242152466368\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by AJ Vicens<\/h4>\n<p> AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. 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