The Digital Frontline: Hacktivists, Proxies, and the AI-Driven Border War

CISO Insights: Voices in Cybersecurity

This episode examines the rapid escalation of the Cambodia–Thailand military conflict into cyberspace, driven by 19 distinct nationalist hacktivist groups, including AnonSecKh/BL4CK CYB3R and Keymous, starting immediately after physical clashes in July 2025. These groups leveraged low-complexity tactics like website defacements and mass Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks—which spiked activity by 241%—often utilizing credentials found in public stealer logs for unauthorized access to government and corporate systems. We analyze how this digital conflict integrates sophisticated Information Operations (IO) employing fake accounts and exaggerated claims, reflecting a growing global trend where threat actors utilize AI tools like WormGPT and jailbreaking methods to automate attacks and influence operations.

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