A pro-Russian hacking group claimed responsibility Monday for a denial-of-service attack against FBI websites, marking the latest in a series of nuisance attacks launched against a seemingly capricious and global set of targets.
The group, KillNet, is widely classified as a low-threat-level collective of Russian online criminals who turned to hacktivism as a counterweight to Ukraine’s marshalling of pro-Kyiv hacktivists.
In a message posted to its Telegram channel, KillNet shared a post containing links purporting to show the FBI’s Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal as unavailable. Data breach notifications firm BetterCyber tweeted that the website was inaccessible as of mid-Monday.
The Telegram post – a cross-post from another group dubbed Radis, which references “KillNet Team” in its bio – also contains links showing connection errors to an FBI job site and portal for law enforcement resources.
