U.S. sanctions two members of a Russian government-aligned hacktivist group who breached water facilities
U.S. sanctions two members of a Russian government-aligned hacktivist group who breached water facilities
The United States exposes the identity of and imposes sanctions on two members of the Russian government-aligned hacktivist group.WASHINGTON — Today, the United States designated Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova (Pankratova) and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko (Degtyarenko), two members of the Russian hac...
The two sanctioned persons are Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, both key members of the Russia-aligned hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), according to a US Treasury press release.
Since 2022, CARR, which also uses the name Cyber Army of Russia, has conducted low-impact, unsophisticated DDoS attacks in Ukraine and against governments and companies located in countries that have supported Ukraine. In late 2023, CARR started to claim attacks on the industrial control systems of multiple U.S. and European critical infrastructure targets. Using various unsophisticated techniques, CARR has been responsible for manipulating industrial control system equipment at water supply, hydroelectric, wastewater, and energy facilities in the U.S. and Europe.
That unsophisticated attacks can affect critical infrastructure is worrisome.
It's completely normal. Capitalism is a grift profiting from unsustainable, decaying infrastructure and a destroyed planet. The state is just there for violent control. It can't even provide drinkable water. But I'm sure that sanctioning these two dudes will help. lmao.
ICS manufacturers routinely ask some stupidly horrifying things of customers as part of their support contracts.