Eurojust and Europol announce Operation Eastwood takedown of NoName057(16)
Pro-Russia hacktivist collective emerged within weeks of the February 2024 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Operates 'DDoSia' — a paid crowdsourced DDoS platform where Russian-speaking volunteers run…
Summary
Eurojust and Europol announced the results of Operation Eastwood, a coordinated international action against NoName057(16) carried out between 14 and 17 July 2025. Authorities disrupted more than 100 servers worldwide, executed house searches in Germany, Latvia, Spain, Italy, Czechia, Poland and France, and issued seven international arrest warrants (six from Germany) including for two alleged main instigators based in the Russian Federation. Investigators also notified about 1,100 supporters and 17 administrators of their potential criminal liability. The group recruited roughly 4,000 supporters running DDoSia and had attacked critical infrastructure across the EU.