The two brothers were allegedly behind Anonymous Sudan, a major perpetrator of DDoS attacks that targeted companies including Microsoft, OpenAI and Yahoo.
The US has charged two Sudanese brothers for orchestrating over 35,000 DDoS attacks, which tried to disrupt access to various internet services, including from Microsoft, PayPal and Riot Games.
The suspects, 22-year-old Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer and 27-year-old Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, allegedly ran Anonymous Sudan, a cybercriminal group notorious for launching DDoS attacks across the globe since at least January 2023.
On Wednesday, US prosecutors revealed they had seized and shut down the group’s DDoS attack tool back in March using a court-authorized warrant. In the same month, law enforcement arrested the brothers abroad, US attorney for the Central District of California Martin Estrada told reporters.
The duo allegedly created the DDoS attack tool, dubbed “Godzilla Botnet” and “Skynet Botnet,” to lease it out to other hackers, who’d in return pay a fee. According to an FBI affidavit submitted to the court, the tool attracted more than 100 customers.
The attacks were powerful enough to sometimes knock websites offline for hours.
