NoName05716
Attribution profile
- Type
- Activist
- Location
- Russia
- Known incidents
- 7 incidents
- Sources
- 232 sources
- First seen
- 2023-04-10
- Last seen
- 2024-12-31
- Updated
- 2026-10-13 10:12
- Aliases
- 2 aliases
STIX characteristics
Threat actor characteristics are available to members.
Profile narrative
NoName, also known as NoName05716 and NoName57(16), is a pro‑Russian hacktivist group believed to operate from Russia. The group primarily conducts distributed denial‑of‑service (DDoS) attacks against government and municipal websites in Europe and North America, targeting French city portals, Danish transport and local authority sites, Swiss federal administration systems, and Canadian government domains. Its stated objective is to retaliate against perceived anti‑Russian actions, create digital unrest, and generate media attention, without seeking data theft or financial gain. The group claims responsibility via Telegram, describing its attacks as “DDoS missiles” that overload servers to cause temporary outages. No data breaches have been reported in its campaigns, and the attacks are characterized by high‑volume traffic rather than malware deployment or intrusion. Attribution is based on the group’s self‑identification as pro‑Russian and its geographic association with Russia, though no direct state sponsorship is explicitly documented in the sources.
Incidents
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7 incidentsSources
Sources available to members: 232 sources.