Pro-Cambodian hacktivists launch attacks on Thai government sites amid border dispute

A Cambodian hacktivist group has ramped up cyberattacks in opposition to Thai entities following a flare-up in a long-running dispute between the 2 nations over contested border areas. 

The AnonsecKh group, which fits by Bl4ckCyb3r on Telegram, claimed not less than 73 assaults on Thai organizations within the two weeks following a Might 28 incident wherein a Cambodian soldier was killed in a skirmish with Thai forces, the cybersecurity firm Radware mentioned. 

The nations have for many years disagreed over possession of pockets of land alongside their 500-mile border, with the Eleventh-century Preah Vihear Temple the flashpoint of the battle. The United Nations Worldwide Courtroom of Justice has dominated a number of occasions that the advanced belongs to Cambodia.

The hacktivist group first claimed assaults on Thai authorities web sites in March, and expanded their scope to Thai tutorial and private-sector entities that very same month. 

Their assaults usually contain distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaigns, which flood and infrequently paralyze focused servers with site visitors, in addition to defacement. The group reportedly elevated its exercise after an announcement from the Thai military on June 6 that it’s “now prepared for a high-level army operation.”

Virtually half of the noticed incidents contain Thai authorities or army web sites, whereas manufacturing corporations account for greater than 1 / 4 of claimed targets.

In response to the cyber evaluation website Hackmanac, between June 4 and June 10 the group claimed to focus on the Thai Ministry of Protection, Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, amongst others.  

Final week, officers from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) reportedly mentioned the hacking group was threatening authorities entities and {that a} court docket had authorized two arrest warrants for alleged members who they’re making an attempt to establish and detain.

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