๐จ GLOBAL CTI ALERT ๐ | ๐น๐ท ANKA TEAM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR โAUGUST 30 VICTORY OPERATIONโ: 1,922 SITES ALLEGEDLY COMPROMISED, 30 SPECIAL TARGETS, AND DDoS ATTACKS AGAINST ASSETS IN ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ช๐ธ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฌ๐น ๐ฐ๐ช ๐น๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ช๐บ
[STATUS: UNCONFIRMED / ACTOR: ANKA TEAM / TYPE: MASS DEFACEMENT ยท DDoS ยท HACKTIVISM ยท GOVERNMENT & EDUCATION TARGETING / DATE: AUGUST 30, 2026]
VECERTโs centralized cyber-intelligence monitoring system has identified a post by Anka Team in which the collective announces a hacktivist operation dubbed โ30 Aฤustos Zafer Operasyonuโ / โAugust 30 Victory Operation,โ symbolically linking it to the Turkish victory of 1922. The thread was initiated by the actor B0yner, identified on the forum itself as the leader of Anka Team.
According to the claim, the group asserts it has compromised 1,922 websites, selected 30 other sites of particular significance, and caused disruptions to various targets via availability attacks.
โ ๏ธ VECERT classifies this set of claims as UNCONFIRMED. The figures reflect the actor's own claims. While the existence of mirrors or external logs may provide evidence of modifications observed on specific sites, it does not prove that the 1,922 targets are unique, that all remain compromised, or that all DDoS attacks were technically caused by Anka Team.
Observed assets include, among others, those associated with Illinois State University and Stanford in the United States; the University of Haifa in Israel; the University of Thessaly in Greece; the University of San Carlos of Guatemala; institutions in Kenya and Taiwan; the University of Hong Kong; and infrastructure linked to Spain's CCN/CNI; Greek and Serbian educational institutions; and a US .gov asset.
๐ VICTIM:
๐บ๐ธ Illinois State University assets, Anka Team, United States
๐บ๐ธ Stanford University asset, Anka Team, United States
๐บ๐ธ Pechanga tribal government asset, Anka Team, United States
๐ฎ๐ฑ University of Haifa assets, Anka Team, Israel
๐ฎ๐ฑ https://t.co/N5OCEVOCKA, Anka Team, Israel
๐ฌ๐ท University of Thessaly assets, Anka Team, Greece
๐ฌ๐ท https://t.co/c1KZnp0WMB, Anka Team, Greece
๐ฌ๐น https://t.co/64MTNrUoK8, Anka Team, Guatemala
๐ฐ๐ช https://t.co/3bv3LL5aBo, Anka Team, Kenya
๐น๐ผ University/academic assets, Anka Team, Taiwan
๐ญ๐ฐ https://t.co/pC3HVrup08, Anka Team, Hong Kong
๐ช๐ธ https://t.co/6mHCHZbYWn, Anka Team, Spain
๐ช๐ธ https://t.co/I13TMYNL1i, Anka Team, Spain
๐ท๐ธ https://t.co/z6gKwYcmUn, Anka Team, Serbia
๐ซ๐ท https://t.co/sQ5nSkHdCA, Anka Team, France
๐ฌ๐ง https://t.co/cGpsLnAxyu, Anka Team, United Kingdom
๐ช๐บ https://t.co/Fc4WBrQhWP, Anka Team, European Union
๐ฅ๏ธ Centralized Threat Monitoring SYSTEM
Intelligence System: https://t.co/wk9bZJ2Nli
Monitoring Console: https://t.co/5LuqwzYuS6
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PREVENTIVE ALERT ๐: CONSOLIDATED MONITORING OF GLOBAL CYBER THREATS, SCADA INCIDENTS, AND ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
[ SOURCE: CYBER INTELLIGENCE CONSOLE / DATE: AUGUST 12, 2026 ]
CENTRALIZED CYBER INTELLIGENCE MONITORING HAS DETECTED A MASSIVE WAVE OF MULTI-VECTOR INCIDENTS GLOBALLY, RECORDED ON AUGUST 12, 2026. ACTIVITY INCLUDES UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO CRITICAL SCADA/ICS SYSTEMS, WEBSITE DEFACEMENTS AFFECTING UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE U.S., DENIAL-OF-SERVICE (DDoS) ATTACKS AGAINST STATE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTITIES, AND THE RESURGENCE OF EXFILTRATION FORUMS.
This signal is classified as a consolidated threat intelligence alert involving multiple vectors of operational, reputational, and technical impact.
๐ SUMMARY OF KEY INCIDENTS BY CATEGORY
1. โก Attack on Critical and Industrial Infrastructure (SCADA / ICS)
Victim: Water treatment plant control and management system in Ukraine. Threat Actor: NoName057(16)
2. ๐๏ธ Web Defacement and Alteration (Latin America and USA)
https://t.co/lamwnu2tls (Argentina): Intrusion and defacement by the actor ARWENDA
https://t.co/vdSVM2LBDw (Chile): Web server defacement by ARWENDA
https://t.co/zMFya1E3Qd (University of Central Florida, USA): Defacement carried out by the actor Noxe
https://t.co/9UPGnHVdzk (University of Pisa, Italy): SQL Injection exploitation recorded by the actor b0yner
https://t.co/oxMwVZd90z (Purdue University, USA): Web alteration recorded by actors ZoRRoKiN / firehackturk.
3. ๐ซ Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
Paraguay (Government): Attacks against the Presidency (https://t.co/Wta6IrFrdR) by BlackHex Brotherhood and the National Secretariat of Culture (https://t.co/EA6gCFXXSf) by TheGarudaEye.
Germany (Municipal Infrastructure and Media): Operations by NoName057(16) and Dark storm against the Kiel Municipal Library, the ferry company TT-Line, Wiesbaden portals, and the media outlet Die Tageszeitung.
Israel (Healthcare): Outage of the https://t.co/6y5KLRKkxq portal claimed by Yemen Cyber โโGroup.
United States / Global: Massive attack on https://t.co/n86OMlJVHo claimed by 313 Team.
4. ๐ดโโ ๏ธ Underground Forum Activity and Exploitation
Reappearance of BreachForums (bf(.)st): Post by the group GhostSec (via leyley) announcing activity on the bf(.)st domain. 0-Day Vulnerability / Metabase: Alert regarding active exploitation in the wild targeting the Metabase analytics component.
๐ก๏ธ TECHNICAL PREVENTIVE AND CONTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (SOC / HARDENING)
SCADA / OT Environment Isolation:
Ensure strict segmentation (air-gapping or IT/OT firewall rules) between corporate networks and industrial control systems (ICS/SCADA), eliminating control interfaces directly exposed to the internet without VPN/MFA.
Web Application Hardening and SQLi Patching:
Conduct vulnerability assessments on government and institutional portals to mitigate SQL Injection flaws and web defacements, ensuring malicious requests are blocked via Web Application Firewalls (WAF).
Volumetric Traffic Monitoring (DDoS Mitigation):
Activate Layer 7 mitigation rules with CDN/DDoS protection providers (Cloudflare, Akamai, Imperva) to safeguard state web infrastructure and essential services.
Preventive Blocking of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs):
Incorporate IP addresses reported in defacement incidents into SIEM/EDR systems to detect potential correlated scanning or intrusion attempts.
๐ฅ๏ธ CENTRALIZED THREAT MONITORING SYSTEM
Intelligence System: https://t.co/wk9bZJ2Nli
Monitoring Console: https://t.co/5LuqwzYuS6
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FOCUSED PREVENTIVE ALERT ๐ฉ๐ช ๐บ๐พ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ง๐ท ๐ต๐พ ๐ช๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐พ: CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON GLOBAL CYBER THREATS, ATTACKS ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (SCADA/ICS), AND DDoS ATTACKS
[STATUS: UNCONFIRMED / SOURCE: CYBER INTELLIGENCE CONSOLE / DATE: AUGUST 14, 2026]
CENTRALIZED CYBER INTELLIGENCE MONITORING HAS DETECTED A MULTI-VECTOR WAVE OF CYBER THREATS INTERNATIONALLY. The recorded activity includes intrusions into industrial control systems (SCADA/ICS) at water treatment, solar energy, and biogas plants; mass denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against government entities in Germany, Uruguay, and Paraguay; and website defacements at educational and emblematic institutions in Latin America and Malaysia.
๐ SUMMARY OF HIGHLIGHTED INCIDENTS BY VECTOR AND REGION (UNCONFIRMED)
1. โก Attacks on Critical and Industrial Infrastructure (SCADA / ICS / IoT)
Biogas Plants and Transportation in Germany ๐ฉ๐ช: Intrusive activity reported by NoName057(16) against controllers of biogas plants, in addition to DDoS attacks against the regulatory body https://t.co/AaZzuVlHoA (by BD Anonymous), the defense firm https://t.co/hgHOQPJJcB, and transportation logistics companies (Trans-Bavaria, ESWE, KVG Kiel).
Potable and Industrial Water Systems ๐บ๐ฆ / ๐จ๐ฆ / ๐ช๐ธ:
Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ: Access to the Kremenchug pumping station (NoName057(16)).
Canada ๐จ๐ฆ: Access to potable water systems in Quebec by Z-Pentest Alliance and NoName057(16).
Spain ๐ช๐ธ: Alleged intrusion into SCADA systems for industrial water treatment (ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis stages) attributed to Z-Pentest Alliance.
Solar Energy and Hotel Control ๐ช๐บ / ๐ช๐ธ: Access to DVR monitoring panels at European solar plants (Shadow ClawZ 404) and intrusions into infrastructure in the Spanish hotel sector (HARM Alliance).
2. ๐๏ธ DDoS Attacks and Website Takedowns in Latin America and Globally
Uruguay ๐บ๐พ (OpUruguay): Ongoing DDoS attacks by Hider_Nex against the unified government portal (https://t.co/N0EVncb0eh), Parliament, the Judiciary, the Constitutional Court (TCR), the Administrative Court (TCA), and the Social Security Bank (https://t.co/r7rOZqLSdx).
Paraguay ๐ต๐พ: DDoS attack targeting the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (https://t.co/xfFIHlxN0O) by the actor TheGarudaEye.
Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ & Brazil ๐ง๐ท:
Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ: Takedown of the Sonora State College of Baccalaureate (https://t.co/B0jvzY7G94) by Hackero$ / cenfecracked.
Brazil ๐ง๐ท: Brute-force attack and defacement of the educational center https://t.co/m3zTC0pDhn by Quatrex.
Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ: Defacement recorded on the corporate portal https://t.co/11sA5cDTM7 claimed by ANKA TEAM (firehackturk).
๐ฅ๏ธ CENTRALIZED THREAT MONITORING SYSTEM
Intelligence System: https://t.co/wk9bZJ2Nli
Monitoring Console: https://t.co/5LuqwzYuS6
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๐จ PREVENTIVE ALERT โ UNCONFIRMED ๐บ๐ธ
ALLEGED DEFACEMENT OF vet.rossu .edu ATTRIBUTED TO AnkaTeam
[STATUS: UNCONFIRMED / SOURCE: SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING AND DEFACEMENT MIRROR / ANALYSIS DATE: AUGUST 24, 2026]
VECERT's cyber-intelligence monitoring system has detected a post attributed to the actor AnkaTeam claiming the alleged compromise of the site:
vet.rossu .edu
associated with Ross University, USA ๐บ๐ธ.
Posting actor: AnkaTeam
references: TurkHackTeam
Country: ๐บ๐ธ United States
Sector: ๐ Education / Higher Education
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3x The Famous Company Roche Subdomain (https://t.co/ioCEjoOoTi) Hacked by Anka Team!
Forums: https://t.co/PmVXdYOY8n
Zone Links:
1 - https://t.co/IAt7j1HbTH
2 - https://t.co/22lkUjy3LZ
3- https://t.co/Kxw765yhpu
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