Hacker group targets Nigerian companies over ECOWAS threat of military action against Niger

Anonymous Sudan, a Sudanese hacker group, says it’s concentrating on Nigerian companies in response to the threat of military action in Niger. Yesterday, Nigeria’s nationwide IT company issued an advisory for the general public because the group assaults NITDA and claims duty for an assault on MTN.

On Wednesday morning, Anonymous Sudan, a pro-Russian hacktivist group, issued a warning to Nigerians on its Telegram channel. By noon, the group claimed it had launched a cyberattack against MTN Nigeria, the nation’s largest telco. Although MTN has not confirmed the assault, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) confirmed in a press launch that Anonymous Sudan focused its digital infrastructure and suggested Nigerian monetary service suppliers, authorities our bodies, and telcos to organize for a collection of assaults. The company additionally outlined methods to forestall the assaults. 

According to the hacker group, the assault, the primary in what it claims might be a collection, is motivated by Nigeria’s proposed military intervention in Niger. “They are attempting to cut power and are willing to participate in the French colonialistic planned invasion of Niger,” learn a press release from the group on its Telegram channel. On Wednesday, Nigeria minimize energy provide to Niger, the primary of sanctions against the nation. 

The sanctions are in response to the elimination of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum by the military. West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, led by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, have requested the coup plotters to reinstate Bazoum throughout the week—that deadline expires on Sunday. ECOWAS says it’s contemplating military action to revive constitutional order. 

Last week, Anonymous Sudan took duty for a string of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) assaults on Kenyan media, hospitals, universities, and companies. Denial of service assaults are cyberattacks the place the attacker prevents customers from accessing an internet site, on-line service, or related machine by flooding the servers with web visitors. The group’s declare of attacking MTN follows the identical method it deployed in Kenya, the place it attacked Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco.