We already know what caused the Outlook and OneDrive outages in June, pro-Russian hackers are behind it

There is a war going on in Europe, and that war is also being waged on the Internet. Hackers play an important role.

if you have used Microsoft Outlook and OneDrive in June, you may have noticed some cutting or slowing down. Microsoft has acknowledged that it has suffered strong DDoS attacksand everything indicates that it is about a pro-Russian hacker group called Anonymous Sudan.

In the Press release, Microsoft explains the DDoS attacks that it has suffered in recent days, and attributes them to a group that has called Storm 1359. Microsoft calls the hacker groups that it has not identified, but according to an account, Storm Bleeding Computerhas recognized that it is Anonymous Sudan.

This group of hackers became visible at the beginning of the year, supposedly to attack those who “mess with the policies of Sudan, and promote policies against Islam“. However, experts believe that it is a cover for a Russian-funded hacker group.

Dirty war of Russian hackers on the Internet

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, several hacker groups have been “enlisted” by the russian sideeither by political sympathies, or directly financed by the country.

Anonymous Sudan it has carried out ransomware attacks against Scandinavian Airlines, American companies such as Tinder and Lyft, and even several North American hospitals.

There are a couple of clues that confirm his pro-Russian affiliation. The first is that, as Microsoft has explained, the cybercriminals They have used private virtual servers and leased cloud infrastructure to perform the DDoS attacksand for that you need a high budget.

Also, this week Anonymous Sudan has said that it has created a “Darknet Parliament” with two groups of Russian hackers, killnet and REVIL.

Luckily, these DDoS attacks they have only managed to momentarily slow down or cut some Microsoft Azure serversand services like Outlook and OneDrive. Microsoft has confirmed that the personal data of users of these services has not been leaked.