Rome, 16 July. (LaPresse) – As part of investigations conducted by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office and coordinated by the National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate, the Postal Police has completed important investigative activities in Operation Eastwood against the pro-Russian hacker group known as NoName057, simultaneously with similar activities in Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, France and Spain. Since March 2022, the “NONAME” group has carried out thousands of attacks on government websites, public administration sites, public transport infrastructure, banks, healthcare and telecommunications in several European countries. The investigations, coordinated internationally by Eurojust and Europol, have identified numerous members of the group, revealing who was behind the remote servers, Telegram accounts and cryptocurrency payments linked to the hacker crew. Five international arrest warrants have been issued for five Russian nationals, two of whom are believed to be leaders of the organisation. More than 600 servers in various countries were deactivated and partially seized, as they constituted the criminal infrastructure from which the attacks were launched. NONAME recruited sympathisers, distributing lists of Western targets to be attacked and then claiming responsibility for the attacks through its anonymous Telegram channels. Through the DDosia Project channel, NONAME provided software to join and operate within the group. The criminal infrastructure was found to be organised around a central command and control level in the Russian Federation, intermediate servers dedicated to anonymising the signal and dispersing traces, and thousands of computers made available to NONAME by members for attacks.