A new ideologically-motivated threat actor has emerged and growing technical capabilities: Hezi Rash. This Kurdish nationalist hacktivist group, founded in 2023, has rapidly escalated its presence through a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting countries perceived as hostile to Kurdish or Muslim communities. Who Is Hezi Rash? Hezi Rash, meaning “Black Force” in Kurdish, describes itself as a digital collective defending Kurdish society against cyber threats. Their messaging blends nationalism, religion, and activism, often reacting to symbolic provocations. For instance, a Japanese anime scene depicting a burning Kurdish flag triggered a wave of retaliatory DDoS attacks on anime-related platforms […]
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