Check Point Research outlines a new hacktivism model currently being observed across the world. Five traits define the current form of hacktivism according to researchers the following: ideology of politics and leadership structure formal recruitment, sophisticated tools, and public relations. CPR provides the hacktivist group Killnet to illustrate the current model, describing the attacks it has carried out by country as well as an the timeline of attacks. CPR is concerned that hacktivism which originates from conflict-related regions could spread across the globe. • Prior to that, hacktivists were mostly focused on a handful of individuals who carried smaller-scale DDoS as well as defacement and DDoS attacks • Today, hacktivism is more structured, well-organized and sophisticated. • CPR believes that the new form of hacktivism started in conflict areas of Europe's Middle East and Eastern Europe and spread to other areas by 2022. Check Point Research (CPR) provides a new definition of hacktivism, which is currently trending globally. Hacktivism under this new style is more organised, well-organized and advanced, in comparison to previous. Hacktivist groups do not consist of just a few individuals who perform small DDoS or defacement attacks on websites with low levels of security. They are organized groups with distinct features previously unknown.

1. New Hacktivism Model Trends Worldwide
Check Point Research outlines a new hacktivism model currently being observed
across the world. Five traits define the current form of hacktivism according to
researchers the following: ideology of politics and leadership structure formal
recruitment, sophisticated tools, and public relations. CPR provides the
hacktivist group Killnet to illustrate the current model, describing the attacks it
has carried out by country as well as an the timeline of attacks. CPR is
concerned that hacktivism which originates from conflict-related regions could
spread across the globe.
 Prior to that, hacktivists were mostly focused on a handful of individuals who
carried smaller-scale DDoS as well as defacement and DDoS attacks
 Today, hacktivism is more structured, well-organized and sophisticated.
 CPR believes that the new form of hacktivism started in conflict areas of
Europe's Middle East and Eastern Europe and spread to other areas by 2022.
Check Point Research (CPR) provides a new definition of hacktivism, which is
currently trending globally. Hacktivism under this new style is more organised, well-
organized and advanced, in comparison to previous. Hacktivist groups do not consist
of just a few individuals who perform small DDoS or defacement attacks on websites
with low levels of security. They are organized groups with distinct features previously
unknown.
The Key Characteristics of HTML0:
 Consistent political ideologies(manifestos and/or rules)
 Hierarchy of the leadership(Smaller groups relay attack commands to
"commanders)
 Formal process for recruitment(Based on the minimum requirements)
 Tools that groups offer to its members(Advanced tools to increase notoriety)
 Public relations that are robust(Presences on top websites)
What's the problem?
CPR believes that the shift in hacktivist model started around two years ago. It was
the beginning of numerous hacktivist organizations like Hackers of Savior, Black
Shadow and Moses Staff that focused exclusively on bringing down Israel.
CPR believes that the war between Russia and Ukraine has accelerated the spread of
the new model of hacktivism dramatically. For instance, the IT Army of Ukraine was
openly urged from Ukrainian government leaders to Ukrainian government to strike
Russia. Hacktivists of the new era also included groups that backed an Russian
geopolitical narrative. This included organizations like Killnet, Xaknet, From Russia
with Love (FRwL), NoName057(16) and many others.

2. Case Study KILLNET in the East and West
In April, the group completely changed its attention to supporting Russian geopolitical
concerns across the globe. They claimed that they had conducted more than 550 terror
attacks between February through September. Just 45 of them were directed at
Ukraine less than 10 percent of the total amount of attacks.
March: The group carried out an DDoS strike at Bradley International Airport in
Connecticut (US)
1. April: Web sites that are part of the Romanian Government, including
government websites, such as the Ministry of Defense, Border Police, National
Railway Transport Company and an institution that is commercial was
unavailable for a number of hours.
2. May: Massive DDOS attacks were launched against two key EU country,
Germany and Italy
3. June: Two major waves of attacks were carried out on Lithuania and Norway in
response to a number of severe geopolitical tensions between these countries
as well as Russia
4. July, 2007: Killnet targeted their effort in Poland and caused a number of
government websites to become unavailable.
5. August: Cyber-attacks have been launched to Latvia, Estonia and USA
institutions
6. September: The group focused on Asia at first, and concentrated the efforts of
Japan in response to Japan's support of Ukraine
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