Risky Bulletin: Russia arrests DataSuckers hacking group
Russia arrested DataSuckers members accused of extortion hacks against Dodo Pizza, ATB Market, and Tez Tour.
Russian authorities arrested three members of DataSuckers, a data-extortion group they say has four members across Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Denis A. Friedman, 19, of Barnaul, was arraigned in Moscow, placed under house arrest until December 8, and faces up to six years. The group is linked to intrusions at Ukraine’s ATB Market, Tez Tour, and Dodo Pizza, using valid GitHub credentials, stealing data, destroying systems, and demanding ransoms. The same bulletin also reports Candiru spyware delivered through ads, a Fehmarn Belt tunnel-construction cyberattack, and US state lawsuits against OpenAI.
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