Dark Storm Team, a hacking group that most recently claimed it attacked Elon Musk’s X, has taken credit for a Zoom outage reported today.
Reports say the hacking group Dark Storm Team has taken credit for the Zoom outage in a post on Telegram. They claim it’s a DDos attack – a federal criminal act that involves flooding a site with data to overwhelm it and knock it offline.
What we know:
Zoom confirmed Wednesday that the widely used teleconferencing platform is experiencing outages due to “domain name resolution issues.”
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Zoom says the issues are affecting multiple services. As of 3:09 p.m. ET, more than 64,000 Zoom outages were reported on the Down Detector website.
What we don’t know:
Zoom has not confirmed the outages are a result of a hack or said when the issues will be resolved. FOX TV Stations reached out to Zoom for comment.
What is Dark Storm Team?
The backstory:
According to Orange Cyberdefense, DarkStorm Team is a hacking group that “targets key business sectors, mainly in Israel and NATO member countries.”
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“Increased collaboration with other hacktivist groups could make attacks more difficult to counter,” the cybersecurity company says.
They’ve been described as pro-Palestinian, and recently took credit for a massive DDos attack on Elon Musk’s X social media platform in March.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
The Source: This report includes information from Zoom, The Associated Press, Orange Cyberdefense and KRON.
