Sekoia tracks DDoSia targeting across NATO and Western Europe
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
Sekoia.io published a detailed analysis of NoName057(16)'s DDoSia project covering May and June 2023, identifying 486 distinct victim websites concentrated in Ukraine and NATO Eastern Flank countries (Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia) with secondary targeting of France, the UK, Italy and Canada. The report documents the project's Telegram-based recruitment (45,000+ subscribers on the main channel by June 2023), cryptocurrency rewards via TON, and rapid retargeting in response to political events such as French air-defence support to Kyiv.