A ‘hacktivist’ group named ‘Mysterious Team Bangladesh’ is targeting economic sectors including government institutions of India and Israel. The group has been accused of defacing 78 websites with 750 DDoS attacks worldwide since June last year.
Group-IB, a Singapore-based cyber security firm, published a report on its website about the ‘Mysterious Team Bangladesh’ hacker group on Thursday (August 3).
Since this hacker group has Bangladesh in its name, it is naturally suspected to be a Bangladeshi group. The group also has a Facebook page; The intro of which reads, ‘We are working to protect the cyber space of our Bangladesh.’
Apart from Facebook, the presence of the hacker group has also been seen on social media platforms like Telegram and Twitter. The group cites as part of its anti-Israel activities it supports for Palestine as the reason. They claim on LinkedIn that the Israeli government is killing and torturing the common people of Palestine. They have vowed to continue operations against Israel until these cease.
In December last year, the group attacked the website of India’s Central Board of Higher Education. In addition, in June 2022, their activities started with attacks on some institutions in India.
The hacker group ‘Group-IB’ has been termed as ‘hacktivists’ which attack computer systems mainly for political reasons without any hope of profit or ransom. Some institutions in Australia, Senegal, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ethiopia have also been targeted by the hacker group.
