Quirum: Who enabled the attacks against Karapatan?

[KARAPATAN Public Information]

Dear friends, We are forwarding this press statement from Qurium regarding their updated findings on the cyberattacks against the website of Karapatan. Qurium has been able to trace the 25-day DDoS attack on the Karapatan website to infrastructure owned by the Israeli company Bright Data (formerly known as Luminati Networks), and they estimate that the attacks could have cost more than $250,000. You can read Qurium's full forensic report here: https://www.qurium.org/alerts/philippines/israeli-firm-bright-data-luminati-networks-enabled-the-attacks-against-karapatan/ International non-profit organization Rest of World has also written a comprehensive report regarding the cyberattacks against the Karapatan website: https://restofworld.org/2021/philippines-human-rights-cyberattack/ Karapatan Public Information Desk ***

Read this email in your browser August 25, 2021 #DDoS #Cyber-attack #HumanRights #Philippines Who enabled the attacks against Karapatan? Last week, Qurium revealed that the Philippine human rights group Karapatan, a long term enemy of the Duterte regime, was suffering a lengthy DDoS attack. The attack, lasting for 25 consecutive days, involved multiple attack vectors and changed strategy and infrastructure several times during the course of the attack. The malicious traffic, aiming to take down the site, targeted the /resources folder of Karapatan’s website, where the reports on human rights abuse in the Philippines are stored. Since the attack started, Qurium has been investigating the attack traffic with the aim to understand the attack, which has been unique in its kind, and to identify those that either enable the attack or carry it out. In the report "Israeli firm 'Bright Data' (Luminati Networks) enabled the attacks against Karapatan", we publish the detailed work of Qurium’s Forensics Lab which lead to an Israeli firm offering access to millions of proxies in mobile operators, data centers and residential buildings – a perfect infrastructure to hide the source of DDoS attacks. Qurium forensics report: Israeli firm 'Bright Data' (Luminati Networks) enabled the attacks against Karapatan More on: Philippines Digital Forensics Share on Twitter Qurium Media Foundation is a Swedish non-profit digital security solutions provider, supporting independent media and human rights organizations in repressive regimes. Learn more at qurium.org or Twitter. Press Contacts Digital forensics Tord Lundström t...@virtualroad.org Technical Director Media Clara Zid in...@virtualroad.org Outreach and Media manager

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