Analysis: Sudanese nationals arrested on hacking classified data
Two Sudanese citizens are facing charges for running a guerrilla computer hacking group called Anonymous Sudan. The group aimed to "declare cyberwar on the United States" by targeting the FBI, government agencies in Alabama, Microsoft, and X through a series of attacks, according to the Justice Department. United States authorities alleges that Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer and Alaa Salah Yusuf Omer have been charged with conspiracy and computer damage for their coordinated cyberattacks from 2023 to the present year. VOA’s Paul Ndiho spoke to Jimmy Kinyonyi Bagonza, a data scientist and cybersecurity analyst about the data breach.
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