Hacker Groups Allegedly Unite, Threaten Cyberattacks on Europe and US Banking Systems

Russian-affiliated hacker collectives Killnet, REvil, and Anonymous Sudan have reportedly united in a planned cyberattack against the Western financial system. They aim to target the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system, as reported by Cyberknow.

Their alleged goal is to "repel the maniacs according to the formula," and they have both European and U.S. banking systems in their sights, including the US Federal Reserve System.

REvil operates as a ransomware-as-a-service group, previously notorious for launching attacks against an Apple supplier. Killnet, a hacking collective, came into the limelight during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by initiating distributed denial-of-service attacks against government institutions. Anonymous Sudan, a group driven by political motivations, has previously targeted Microsoft.

It's worth noting that REvil was responsible for the 2022 Medibank data breach, compromising the health records of nearly 10 million Australians.