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The infamous NoName ransomware gang has claimed cyber attacks on a number of Australian organisations and government agencies.
Threat researcher Dark Web Informer revealed in a post on X that what appears to be at least nine firms have suffered outages and issues with their website thanks to NoName.
While the post makes it hard to identify most of them, the Coroners Court of Victoria and the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are two of the victims.
However, attempts by Cyber Daily to access NoName’s dark web blog have been unsuccessful, with the site timing out.
Furthermore, the threat group’s clear web site appears to have been taken down by global law enforcement, with a takedown banner with the logos of the UK National Crime Agency, the FBI, EUROPOL and more.
The takedown was reportedly conducted as part of Operation PowerOFF, an operation that began initially in 2018, before resuming in December 2022.
The operation is ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are continuously taking down threat actor websites that are known for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
“The FBI has seized this website for operating as a DDoS-for-hire service,” the notice said.
“This action has been taken in conjunction with Operation PowerOFF, a coordinated international law enforcement effort to dismantle criminal DDoS-for-hire services worldwide.”
That being said, Dark Web Informer’s site showed screenshots of the victims’ websites suffering outages, so a DDoS attack could be the cause. Cyber Daily has been unable to verify this.
Cyber Daily reached out to the Coroners Court of Victoria, to which it said that it did suffer an incident affecting its site.
“On Monday, 25 November 2024, the Coroners Court of Victoria was alerted to a cyber incident impacting the court’s public website,” said a spokesperson.
“The incident involves a denial-of-service attack, which is preventing users from being able to access the court’s public website.
“The incident does not involve any unauthorised access to court systems or records, including case records, employee or financial data.
“The court has taken immediate action and is currently working on arrangements to ensure the website can be restored to provide court users with uninterrupted service.”
Cyber Daily is awaiting a response from the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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