An international law enforcement operation dubbed "Operation Eastwood" has targeted the infrastructure and members of the pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16), responsible for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks across Europe, Israel, and Ukraine.
Operation Eastwood was led by Europol and Eurojust with support from 12 countries. It took place on July 15, 2025, and targeted the systems and individuals behind the group's activities.
NoName057(16) is a pro-Russian hacking group that launched in March 2022 after the war in Ukraine began. To conduct attacks, the group uses Telegram channels and the "DDoSia" project, software that runs on volunteers' computers to crowdsource DDoS attacks on targets selected by the threat actors.
Since then, NoName057(16) and its supporters have carried out DDoS attacks against companies and critical infrastructure in European countries that support Ukraine. These targets include NATO sites, government agencies, transportation services, banks, defense firms, media outlets, and energy suppliers.
According to Europol, the attacks disrupted critical services in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, the Netherlands, and other countries.
NoName057(16) announcing an attack on Telegram
Source: BleepingComputer
"The hacktivist group has executed 14 attacks in Germany, some of them lasting multiple days and affecting around 230 organisations including arms factories, power suppliers and government organisations," reads a statement from Eurojust.
"Attacks were also executed across Europe during the European elections. In Sweden, authorities and bank websites were targeted, while in Switzerland multiple attacks were carried out during a video message given by the Ukrainian President to the Joint Parliament in June 2023, and during the Peace Summit for Ukraine in June 2024."
"Most recently, the Netherlands was targeted during the NATO Summit at the end of June."
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