8chan Vs. Anonymous

On 4 October 2017, Wapack Analysts observed a post made to 8chan’s image board with a link to a raid against Anonymous on the "insurgency" board. Raids are commonly organized on image boards and are the act of harassing an organization by means of exposing one’s personal information (doxing), SWATing, hacking, spamming, prank phone calling, and other forms of remote harassment. The raid organizers claim that they are sick of the Anonymous movement and that hacktivists are a bunch of annoying Social Justice Warriors (SJW). The term SJW is very common derogatory slang among image board users, directed at individuals who fight strongly for a cause. Several doxes of Anonymous members have been posted, but still need to be verified. Alternative communication sources for the raid, such as IRC and Discord, were once active, but currently are not. The raid started in June and is still active on 8chan’s "insurgency" board, but alternative communication sources are no longer active, suggesting the raid is dying down in popularity and will likely soon end. Wapack Labs Analysts will continue to monitor 8chan’s cyber operations, conducted against Anonymous, for any potential implications to our subscribers...READ MORE

Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported image boards and activity involving Anonymous in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.

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IP Range Blocked in Guyana

A Guyana telecommunication company, GTT, has been implicated in a large-scale spamming campaign and various cyber security related incidents. This prompted the IP ranges of GTT to be blocked by several U.S. financial institutions and payment services. This may cause financial challenges to citizens and business in Guyana, but once the cyber security matters are rectified the IP range could be released. This information is being supplied for your situational awareness.

• Guyana is an English-speaking South American/Caribbean country located to the east of Venezuela.
• Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, rebranded as GTT+ in late 2015, is controlled by Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN). GTT+’s mobile unit Cellink competes with Digicel Guyana for market share and both operate the GSM/GPRS networks.
• Digicel openly criticized GTT in 2016 for operating a government monopoly and hinted at corruption...READ MORE

Publication Date: 10 January 2017
Handling Requirements: Traffic light protocol (TLP) GREEN
Attribution/Threat Actors: Caribbean black hat actors/UKN
Actor Type: Adversary capabilities have been assessed as Tier II
Potential Targets: PayPal; Bank of America and Google Pay
Past Reporting: Red Sky Alliance: DOC-3314

The full report may be viewed in the Red Sky Alliance as DOC-4598. 

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