EU Authorities Take Down Pro-Russian Hacktivist Collective

Police Seize Servers and Arrest Two Suspects Linked to NoName057(16) Group Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • July 16, 2025

A joint operation by European police agencies led to the arrests of two suspected operators behind a prolific pro-Russian hacking group. The authorities also seized multiple networks associated with the group, known for DDoS attacks against Western countries.

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Europol on Wednesday disclosed that it seized over 100 servers used by NoName057(16), aka NoName, which the agency described as an "ideological criminal network" supporting for the Russian Federation. The group has been conducting distributed-denial-of-service attacks against European Union nations since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022.

The crackdown was coordinated by over 10 enforcement agencies in Europe on Monday. Authorities in France and Spain arrested two suspected NoName057(16) operators. The German Public Prosecutor ...