Pro-Russian Cyber Savages Knock Stuttgart's City Admin Site for a Loop
Pro-Russian cyber-criminals succeeded in bringing down Stuttgart's official website. - Russian supporters breached and disrupted the digital presence of Stuttgart.
Here's the lowdown on what went down last week: those nosy pro-Russian jerks, as per the fuzz, decided to knock Stuttgart city's website out cold. The notorious pro-Russian group, NoName057(16), admitted to orchestrating the attack. And get this - they've been causing mayhem in Berlin, Dresden, and even at the swanky Munich Security Conference.
NoName057(16) has been stirring up trouble since 2022, mainly focusing their attention on cities supporting Ukraine in their battle against Russia. The cops are still on the Hunt-o-Matic 3000 for how these cyber devils managed to access Stuttgart's website, but previously, the SWR had spilled the beans on this.
The Razzle Dazzle Offline
Stuttgart had to yank its site offline at the tail-end of April, courtesy of a so-called DDoS attack, baby. This nasty business involves using bots or a botnet to swamp a website with requests, causing the servers to fail. Check out Dresden's portal - also hit by one of these attacks, rendering it inaccessible for several days. Berlin's city portal was another victim in the mix.
Ellwangen's city suffered a cyberattack on April 24, but there's yet no evidence linking it to NoName057(16).
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Do the Research:
Currently, we're low on specific deets about pro-Russian hacker attacks on city websites in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Dresden. However, Germany and other European countries have been in the crosshairs of Russian cyberattacks:
- Late March 2022 and onwards: Russian hackers initiated a campaign targeting the German Social Democratic Party and German defense and aerospace firms, exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook[1][2].
- May 2024: Germany accused Russian hackers of breaking into the emails of the Social Democrats, the leading party in its governing coalition[1].
- Recent incidents: While there's no concrete proof linking Stuttgart, Berlin, or Dresden incidents to pro-Russian groups, other German entities have fallen victim to these attacks. For instance, the German Air Traffic Control Agency (DFS) was invaded, with connections to Russian nation-state actors, like APT28[2].
- General Activity: Pro-Russian hacktivist groups like NoName057(16) have wreaked havoc on organizations worldwide, but recent reports provide no specifics about city websites in Stuttgart, Berlin, or Dresden[5]. To learn more about specific cities, check out German cybersecurity reports or local news sources. 🕵️♂️💻✨
- The recent attack on Stuttgart's city administration website is part of a series of cyberattacks targeting city websites, including those in Berlin and Dresden, allegedly orchestrated by pro-Russian hacker groups like NoName057(16).
- German officials have accused Russian hackers of launching a campaign against various German entities, including defense and aerospace firms, exploiting Microsoft Outlook vulnerabilities as early as March 2022.
- In May 2024, the Social Democrats, the leading party in Germany's governing coalition, accused Russian hackers of breaking into their emails.
- More recently, the German Air Traffic Control Agency (DFS) was breached, with potential ties to Russian nation-state actors such as APT28.
- To gather more information about specific instances of cyberattacks on city websites in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Dresden, one can check German cybersecurity reports or local news sources for detailed accounts.
