LONDON (The Thursday Times) — Do Russian hacktivist girohon ne Europe bhar mein supermarkets ke freezers par hone wale hamlon ki lehron ki zimmedari qubool kar li hai, lekin un ki posts ab delete kar di gayi hain aur security researchers mutmain hone se bohat door hain.
Noname057(16) aur Z-Pentest Alliance ne Telegram par kaha ke unhon ne mil kar kaam kiya, aur fakhr se kaha ke unhon ne "aik baar phir maharat aur durustgi ki oonchi satah ka muzahira kiya". Unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke woh is saal ke aaghaz se freezer software banane wali company Danfoss ko nishana bana rahe thay. Un ki posts aur channels ab ghayab hain.
Cybersecurity par aik tabsira nigar ne, jinhon ne X par yeh dawe share kiye, kaha ke woh "mutmain nahin ke yeh woh thay", aur yeh ke ho sakta hai yeh giroh sirf us waqt aage aaye hon jab analysts ne tajwez kiya ke woh zimmedar ho sakte hain.
Mahireen ne Russian girohon ke imkan ko khaarij nahin kiya, lekin un ka kehna hai ke Irani hacktivists ya riyasati hackers, balke mazaq karne wale teenagers bhi in hamlon ke peechhe ho sakte hain. Girohon ka dawa supermarket hacks se mutaalliq tha, aur France ki blood service ke istemal ke freezers par hone wale hamle ke peechhe kaun tha, is bare mein koi aelaniya nateeja maujood nahin.
Hackers ke liye jaal
Teen cybersecurity firms ne honeypots tayyar kiye hain, yaani jaali freezer software jo hackers ko lubhane ke liye banaya gaya hai taake un ke tareeqon ka mutalea kiya ja sake. Scotland mein qaim Lupovis ne kaha ke us ne hamlon ki doosri lehar se 10 din pehle probing dekhi, aur sirf Europe mein. "Hum ne Africa ya South America jaisi jagahon par apne kisi bhi honeypot ko nishana banta hua bilkul nahin dekha," us ke bani Xavier Bellekens ne kaha.
Spain ki firm Previdian ke Ryan Dewhurst ne kaha ke systems ki hifazat kamzor thi aur un mein ghusna mushkil nahin tha, kyunke hamle ke jane pehchane tareeqe pehle se online maujood thay. Lekin phir bhi kisi ko hadaf ki fehrist tayyar karni aur waqt ki mansooba bandi karni parri. "Yeh haqeeqat ke in tamam fridge freezers ko aik saath nishana banaya gaya, mansooba bandi aur talmel ki taraf ishara karti hai," unhon ne kaha.
Russia ya Iran?
France ki firm Sequoia ne apne customers ko bataya ke hamle Russian hacktivists ya Russian hukumat ke pattern se mel khate thay, jis par poore Europe mein nam nehad hybrid jang ke hisse ke taur par cyberattacks karne ka ilzam hai. Is ki tehqeeq ne bhi Iran ki taraf ishara kiya.
"Iran ke hamnawa actors ka internet par khule sanati control systems ko nishana banane ka tasleem shuda record raha hai," is ne kaha, aur ishara kiya ke 2022 mein Danfoss controllers chalane wale taqreeban 40 Israeli supermarkets compromise hue thay. August ke aakhir mein US ke kam az kam 6 fauji addon par freezers ko defrost mode mein chale jane par majboor kar diya gaya, jaise France mein hua tha, agarche is mein istemal hone wale saz-o-saman ki tasdeeq nahin hui hai.
Kai mulkon mein hukkam tehqeeq kar rahe hain aur unhon ne supermarkets ko khabardar kiya hai ke woh mazeed koshishon ke liye tayyar rahein.
