Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Disrupted by European Authorities

European authorities said they’ve disrupted the computer infrastructure of a pro-Russian hacktivist group that’s claimed responsibility for more than 1,000 denial-of-service attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The law enforcement actions targeted a group calling itself NoName057(16) and consisted of a “day of action” on Tuesday that involved the takedown of more than 100 servers worldwide used by the group to launch attacks, according to an announcement on Wednesday from Europol and Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation. The actions also included two arrests in France and Spain, searches of two dozen homes in Spain, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, France and Poland, and the issuance of arrest warrants for six Russian nationals, including two believed to the “main instigators” responsible for the group’s attacks, the authorities said.