Anonymous Sudan hacks X to put pressure on Elon Musk over Starlink - BBC News

Prolific hackers accused of being a front for Russian cyber-operation shares counter evidence with the BBC.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Anonymous Sudan's name and imagery is similar, but the criminals say they are not related to the wider Anonymous hacker collectiveBy Joe TidyCyber correspondentA hacking group called Anonymous Sudan took X, formerly known as Twitter, offline in more than a dozen countries on Tuesday morning in an attempt to pressurise Elon Musk into launching his Starlink service in their country.

X was down for more than two hours, with thousands of users affected.

"Make our message reach to Elon Musk: 'Open Starlink in Sudan'," the hackers posted on Telegram.

X is the latest victim of the gang hacking to "benefit Sudan and Islam".

Over several weeks of private conversations with the group on the chat app Telegram, the BBC spoke to the hackers about their methods and motives.

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