A month ago, Anonymous (Anon #OpUSA) cyber actors reported they caused service outages on the websites of various US Government agencies, to include Department of Defense agencies. These claims were alleged by showing service outages for the public-facing websites of these US federal agencies. The alleged outages were false. The false reports are likely intimidation and propaganda techniques against the US government.
In December 2017, Anon #OpUSA organizers initiated a call for action to plan and execute cyber-attacks against the US government, to include webpage defacements and distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. This was in retaliation to the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Separately, an Anonymous-affiliated cyber actor claimed to have caused a service outage for a US telecommunications company and posted the screenshots on social media. The screen shots on social media allegedly exposed Internet and television service outages at various locations across the country. The post also included an #OpUSA hashtag.
#OpUSA and @OpUSA are not currently active. #OpIsrael is still active and likely has taken on the OpUSA assignment to target the US government.
The Anonymous collective has been responsible for numerous hacking incidents in the past. Any forms of cyber-attacks should be reported.
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