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Russian hacking group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Indiana wastewater plant

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A video by a Russian hacking group claiming responsibility for last week’s cyberattack on Tipton West Wastewater Treatment Plant in Indiana surfaced on social media Thursday. It’s evidence of the latest cyberattack by nation state cybercriminals targeting water facilities in small towns across the United States.

The “People’s Cyber Army of Russia” took credit last Saturday for the incident on the messaging app Telegram. A message accompanying the video read: “We continue to look partially cover our series of work on US infrastructure. Today, we’ll look at Indiana. Let’s consider the work on municipal water treatment plants. Enjoy watching, friends.”

The group has also claimed responsibility for a January cyberattack on a water facility in Texas, which caused a tank to overflow.

Other Russian hacking groups, such as Sandworm, the cyberwarfare unit of Russia’s military intelligence service, have also been conducting cyberattacks on water treatment facilities across the U.S. in recent months.

The cyberattack in Tipton, which provides wastewater treatment for roughly 5,000 people in a town 40 miles north of Indianapolis, began disrupting operations on Friday evening. Plant managers sent employees to correct the activity, which interrupted operations again on Sunday morning, according to Jim Ankrum, general manager of Tipton Municipal Utilities.

“At that time, we were notified that we had been hit with a cybersecurity attack,” Ankrum told StateScoop on Thursday.

He described the disruptions to the plant’s operations as minor and said the town’s drinking water was never in jeopardy.

“We maintained plant operational capability throughout [the incident] and were able to continue to accept wastewater flows and free even with the disruptions,” said Ankrum.

Last month, the Biden Administration issued a warning to state governments and industry leaders that local water systems and other critical infrastructure are especially vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Ankrum said the water utility uses third-party vendors to support its cybersecurity measures and does not have its own internal IT staff.

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D#NUT ransomware gang claims Ready or Not dev Void Interactive as a victim

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D#NUT ransomware gang claims Ready or Not dev Void Interactive as a victim

The developer of a SWAT-based first-person shooter has allegedly lost four terabytes of data including source code to a ransomware attack.

The D#NUT ransomware gang is claiming to have successfully exfiltrated four terabytes of data from Void Interactive, the developer of popular tactical shooter Ready or Not.

“voidinteractive.net you are welcome in our chat,” D#NUT declared on its dark net leak site on March 14.

“You has been pwned. All data related Ready Or Not will be posted here if u will keep silent. We got 4Tb of source code and game related data.”

The gang do not appear to be native English speakers.

“Send us a message via for on that blog as soon as possible. We will provide more profs (list of exfiltrated files).”

To add proof to its claim, the gang shared a link to the Imgur image-hosting site, and a screenshot of a list of various builds of the game in what appears to be a dev environment. More than 20 distinct builds are listed, for both PC and consoles, as well as various performance test builds.

The screenshot appears to be authentic.

D#NUT – whose leak site features a lurid illustration of the gang’s namesake – is a relatively small ransomware operation. Since it was first observed by threat tracker FalconFeeds.io in April 2023, the gang has claimed ten victims, with Void Interactive being the latest. Half of its victims have been North American organisations, with the rest spread across Europe and the UK.

However, the authenticity of the gang’s claims has been questioned by some observers. On February 5 the gang claimed to have successfully hacked the US Department of Defense, stealing documents related to a host of contractors, but one security analyst poured cold water on the claim.

“I would approach this claimed ‘breach’ by donut ransomware with caution and scepticism,” the X account CyberKnow posted on the same day.

“All the claimed US defence contractor victims have been posted to leak sites in the past year or two.”

There are some earlier incidents that D#NUT has taken responsibility for, while in…

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Frequent Flier Claims to have Cheat Code for Free Checked Bags

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If you’re a frequent flier, you’ve probably picked up some methods to save money.

For instance, if you don’t want to fork over the extra cash for an economy-plus seat, you can check the flight map to see if there are any available empty seats. If you’re the last person to board the plane, there’s a chance there will be an economy-plus seat unfilled, so you can just slide right into it. Flight attendants may just give you the benefit of the doubt and let you sit there without hassling you about it. (Hint: this trick probably works best if you’re traveling alone.)

A similar hack can usually be employed with checked luggage. Sure, not keeping your belongings with you is a bit of a pain, and if you only need a small carry-on piece of luggage, you’re going to want to keep it with you on the airplane and toss it in an overhead bin. All other baggage gets tossed in the plane’s storage area. But that means having to wait at the baggage carousel and, depending on the type of ticket you purchase, paying for a checked bag.

But there’s a way around forking over the cash for that checked baggage fee, according to TikTok user Nicole Nina (@hutravelstheworld) who is a self-proclaimed solo traveler who is always jet setting with a decent amount of luggage.

She said that there’s a way to ensure airlines like United and American will check your bags for free, you just need to be willing to get them past security and to a gate agent, who will more than likely be eager to take care of that for you to conserve overhead bin space.

“OK, this is my hack for never paying for a checked bag, and I always travel with so many bags and I always pay for the most basic economy seat,” she explains in the clip. “This is only for airlines like United, American, Lufthansa, Iberia, whatever. This isn’t for like Spirit, RyanAir, EasyJet.”

Nina says that the aforementioned “premium” airlines have begun charging for checked bags or even carry-ons, but she’s found a workaround.

“You have to check in online and then just download it to your phone—your ticket—and then go through security,” she says. “Go to your gate, and then just be like,…

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China Slams ‘Groundless’ Dutch Hacking Claims

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