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Hider Nex Claims DDoS Campaign Against Kuwaiti Government Sites

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Summary

Hider Nex claims its OpKuwait DDoS campaign targeted Kuwaiti government portals, ministries, public authorities and Burgan Bank, causing reported outages. The article provides no independent confirmation.

Key points

  • Hider Nex claims responsibility for the DDoS campaign, named OpKuwait.
  • The group's alleged target list includes Kuwait's state portal, multiple ministries and public authorities, Kuwait News Agency, and Burgan Bank.
  • The article reports outages affecting public services and financial institutions, but provides no independent confirmation.
  • The group describes the operation as disruption rather than data theft.
  • The article identifies public-facing web servers, the e-government gateway and online ministry services as affected systems.

Article Details

Victim Organization
Kuwaiti government entities and Burgan Bank, listed by Hider Nex as alleged victims
Incident Type
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign
Operational Impact
Hider Nex claims widespread service outages affecting public-facing web servers, the centralized e-government gateway, and online ministry services. Independent confirmation of the outages is not provided.
Ransom Or Extortion
None reported; Hider Nex describes the operation as a disruption campaign rather than a data breach.
Claim Status
claimed

MITRE ATT&CK

T1498 · Network Denial of ServiceHider Nex claims to have conducted a distributed denial-of-service campaign intended to disrupt availability of Kuwaiti government and financial services.

Threat Actors

Hider NexThe group claims responsibility for the DDoS campaign called OpKuwait against Kuwaiti government entities and Burgan Bank; the article does not independently confirm the group's responsibility or the reported impacts.

Countries

KuwaitReported targets include the Kuwait Official State Portal, multiple ministries, public authorities, and Burgan Bank.

Industries

GovernmentHacktivist group Hider Nex claims to have launched a large DDoS campaign called “OpKuwait,” causing widespread outages across Kuwaiti government portals, state ministries, and financial institutions.