The U.S. Air Force experienced significant disruption due to coordinated DDoS attacks orchestrated by pro-Iranian hacktivist groups following geopolitical tensions. These attacks, executed by groups like Mr Hamza and Keymous+, targeted military domains and resulted in sustained downtime over 10-hour periods. The Department of Homeland Security issued warnings about potential low-level and sophisticated attacks, highlighting the persistent threat to national cybersecurity infrastructure.
Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/hacktivist-groups-attacking-u-s-companies-military-domains/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/united-states-air-force
"id": "uni526062525",
"linkid": "united-states-air-force",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "6/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence: Attack which stop a factory"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': ['Defense', 'Aerospace', 'Finance'],
'location': 'United States',
'type': ['Military', 'Aerospace', 'Financial']}],
'attack_vector': 'Volumetric DDoS Attacks',
'date_detected': '2025-06-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-06-22',
'description': 'Multiple pro-Iranian hacktivist groups launched coordinated '
'distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against American '
'military domains, aerospace companies, and financial '
'institutions following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear '
'facilities on June 21, 2025.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Sustained 10-hour periods on June 22 (Mr Hamza), '
'Concentrated one-hour periods (Keymous+)',
'operational_impact': 'Service unavailability',
'systems_affected': ['U.S. Air Force domains',
'Aerospace and defense contractors',
'Banking institutions']},
'motivation': 'Geopolitical retaliation and disruption',
'references': [{'source': 'Cyble'}],
'threat_actor': ['Mr Hamza', 'Team 313', 'Cyber Jihad Movement', 'Keymous+'],
'title': 'Coordinated DDoS Attacks by Pro-Iranian Hacktivist Groups',
'type': 'DDoS Attack'}