In February 2023, websites belonging to large Swedish companies, authorities and institutions will be shut down. Among other things, SAS, SVT, several universities and hospitals are affected.
It soon becomes clear that the hacker group Anonymous Sudan is behind the overload attacks.
– My first reaction was “yeah, right”, and quite a lot of skepticism that this would really be a movement from Sudan, says IT security expert Leif Nixon.
Suspect links to Russia
The company Truesec, which works with data security, highlights another actor behind Anonymous Sudan, the hacker group Killnet. A group that is clearly pro-Russian, and has carried out several attacks against countries that support Ukraine.
– It follows a fairly clear Russian modus operandi in that the Russian intelligence service has long worked with aggressive cyber operations in many different ways, says Per-Erik Nilsson, researcher at the Total Defense Research Institute, FOI.
Much therefore points to the group Anonymous Sudan being part of something bigger than the protests against the Koran burnings.
Cast:
Therese Naess, director of the National Cyber Security Center.
Leif Nixon, IT security expert.
Per-Erik Nilsson, researcher at the Total Defense Research Institute, FOI.
Anton Linnaeus, cyber security expert.
Program manager: Bo Torbjörn Ek and Sarah Sundberg
Producer: Karin Hållsten
Technician: Mats Jonsson
Audio from: Sveriges Radio, Youtube, The Guardian, Telegram
Source: ICELAND NEWS