Pro-#Iran group turns #Ubuntu #DDoS into shakedown
#Canonical says its web infrastructure is under attack after a pro-Iran hacktivist group instructed its members to target the #opensource giant.
The #hacktivist group The Islamic Cyber Resistance in #Iraq, aka #313Team claimed responsibility for the 503 errors Ubuntu's website was returning on Thursday evening, announcing via its Telegram channel that the attack was scheduled to persist for four hours.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/canonical_confirms_ubuntu_infrastructure_under/
Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down

: 313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming

The Register
... and the #Handala #hacktivist #group remain highly active. Handala recently conducted a destructive attack on the medical giant #Stryker, remotely wiping 80,000 devices using Microsoft's cloud management services. #Digital #Vertigo: Experts note a rise in "epistemic vertigo," ...

Iran-Backed #Hackers Claim #WiperAttack on #Medtech Firm #Stryker

A #hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global #medical technology company based in #Michigan. News reports out of #Ireland , Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today.
#iran #security #privacy

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/iran-backed-hackers-claim-wiper-attack-on-medtech-firm-stryker/

Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker – Krebs on Security

Most hacktivist groups operate in bursts. We identified NoName057(16) as an outlier: 470+ days of continuous operations. This is persistence, not activism - it's operational doctrine. #ThreatIntel #Hacktivist #DDoS
I want to kind of alternate between events in hacker history and significant people, can’t promise it will be an exact one for one but that’s sort of the idea here. After Joseph Popp I think it will either be the second patriotic Chinese #hacktivist cyberwar or another #blog on the India Pakistan #hacker conflict.
98.8% DDoS attack dominance. We tracked near-total tactical consistency via Telegram coordination - every attack announced, claimed, and documented publicly by NoName057(16). #ThreatIntel #DDoS #Hacktivist