United States

Profile narrative

The threat actor is known by the alias United States. Its known location is the United States of America. On December 27, 2022, the actor was associated with a cyber attack against the PVV website. The PVV website is the online presence of the Party for Freedom, a Dutch political party. The attack was described as significant in the reporting. It resulted in extended downtime for the site.

Users also experienced intermittent access issues during the incident. Many visitors encountered error messages when trying to reach the site. Performance of the website was severely degraded throughout the disruption. Party leader Geert Wilders characterized the event as a massive assault. He stated that the assault originated from or was routed through Israel, Russia, the United States, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The information about the attack was published by the Dutch news outlet ad.nl.

The article can be accessed via the URL https://www.ad.nl/politiek/wilders-pvv-website-getroffen-door-cyberaanval~ade20002/. The article appears in the politics section of the site, as indicated by the /politiek/ path. Service to the PVV website was fully restored several hours after the initial disruption began. No further details about malware, tools, or specific tactics were disclosed in the source. The source material does not describe any other operations attributed to this actor. Consequently, the profile is limited to the confirmed details outlined above.

Incidents

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