the-rise-of-state-sponsored-hacktivism.pdf

This Forescout Vedere Labs report analyzes the rise of state-aligned hacktivism in 2024, cataloguing 780 claimed attacks by four prominent groups and showing a heavy emphasis on DDoS (primarily website outages), targeted data leaks, and emergent OT/ICS disruption (including a claimed "Fuxnet" malware incident). The report highlights that critical infrastructure (government, transportation, financial services) was disproportionately targeted, maps geographic and sectoral distributions, and provides mitigation recommendations (DDoS guidance, IoT/OT hardening, network segmentation, enhanced monitoring).