2 Sudanese Nationals Indicted in Alleged Cyber Crimes Against Businesses, Hospitals, Agencies

The suspects face years in prison if convicted of the ‘callous and brazen’ attacks that included targeting the ER at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.

A user at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas on July 29, 2017. Steve Marcus/Reuters

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has charged two Sudanese nationals Oct. 16 with operating and controlling an online cybercriminal group allegedly responsible for thousands of attacks against critical infrastructure, corporate networks, hospitals, and government agencies, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

In March, authorities in Los Angeles and the FBI disabled the powerful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) tool that the group, Anonymous Sudan, was using in the attacks.