Security News > 2022 > June > DragonForce Gang Unleash Hacks Against Govt. of India
From Radware, a hacktivist group called DragonForce Malaysia, "With the assistance of several other threat groups, has begun indiscriminately scanning, defacing and launching denial-of-service attacks against numerous websites in India." In addition to DDoS, their targeted campaign - dubbed "OpsPatuk" - involves advanced threat actors "Leveraging current exploits, breaching networks and leaking data."
DragonForce Malaysia - best known for their hacktivism in support of the Palestinian cause - have turned their attention on India this time, in response to a controversial comment made by a Hindu political spokesperson about the Prophet Mohammed.
This is a special operation on the insult of our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. India Government website hacked by DragonForce Malaysia.
DragonForce Malaysia is a hacktivist group in the vein of Anonymous.
In the past, DragonForce have launched attacks against organizations and government entities across the Middle East and Asia.
According to the authors of the advisory, DragonForce are "Not considered an advanced or a persistent threat group, nor are they currently considered to be sophisticated. But where they lack sophistication, they make up for it with their organizational skills and ability to quickly disseminate information to other members." Like Anonymous and the Low Orbit Ion Cannon, DragonForce weaponizes their own open source DoS tools - Slowloris, DDoSTool, DDoS-Ripper, Hammer, and more - in choreographed, flashy website defacements.