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LazyCommunist Member	Tue Apr 23 06:39:54 These were just warnings. Stop sending weapons to Nazis or else ...!!! http://apn...388bf0d581fc8eb94b1190a7f29c3a Rural Texas towns report cyberattacks that caused one water system to overflow Updated 1:04 AM MESZ, April 19, 2024 A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks. The attack was one of three on small towns in the rural Texas Panhandle. Local officials said the public was not put in any danger and the attempts were reported to federal authorities. “There were 37,000 attempts in four days to log into our firewall,” said Mike Cypert, city manager of Hale Center, which is home to about 2,000 residents. The attempted hack failed as the city “unplugged” the system and operated it manually, he added. In Muleshoe, about 60 miles to the west and with a population of about 5,000, hackers caused the water system to overflow before it was shut down and taken over manually by officials, city manager Ramon Sanchez told CNN. He did not immediately respond to phone calls from The Associated Press seeking comment. “The incident was quickly addressed and resolved,” Sanchez said in a statement, according to KAMC-TV. “The city’s water disinfectant system was not affected, and the public water system nor the public was in any danger.” At least one of the attacks was linked this week by Mandiant, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group that it said could be working with or part of a Russian military hacking unit. The group, calling itself CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn, claimed responsibility for January attacks on water facilities in the United States and Poland that got little attention at the time. Cybersecurity researchers say CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn was among groups suspected of Russian government ties that engaged last year in low-complexity attacks against Ukraine and its allies, including denial-of-service data barrages that temporarily knock websites offline. Sometimes such groups claim responsibility for attacks that were actually carried out by Kremlin military intelligence hackers, Microsoft reported in December. Cypert, the Hale Center city manager, said he has turned information over to FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The FBI declined to comment, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a branch of DHS, referred questions to the cities that were targeted. In Lockney, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Hale Center and home to around 1,500 people, cyberattackers were thwarted before they could access that town’s water system, city manager Buster Poling said. “It didn’t cause any problems except being a nuisance,” Poling said. Last year CISA put out an advisory following November hacks on U.S. water facilities attributed to Iranian state groups who said they were targeting facilities using Israeli equipment. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said in December that attacks by Iranian hackers — as well as a separate spate of ransomware attacks on the health care industry — should be seen as a call to action by utilities and industry to tighten cybersecurity. In March, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan and Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, sent a letter to the nation’s governors asking them to take steps to protect the water supply, including assessing cybersecurity and planning for a cyberattack. “Drinking water and wastewater systems are an attractive target for cyberattacks because they are a lifeline critical infrastructure sector but often lack the resources and technical capacity to adopt rigorous cybersecurity practices,” Regan and Sullivan wrote.
Paramount Member	Tue Apr 23 09:45:22 ”a shadowy Russian hacktivist group” They are not so shadowy if they reveal their name. ”CyberArmyofRussia” If they really are from Russia why would they reveal themselves in this manner in their name?
LazyCommunist Member	Tue Apr 23 10:05:57 Because Russia is not afraid of the West!
jergul large member	Tue Apr 23 10:53:33 LC You have it all wrong. At least do propag properely. Send more debt financed weapons. Threaten China more. See that combination come home to roost in the form of 34 trillion dollar hyper inflationary pressure. Soon one rouble will be worth 93 USD.
LazyCommunist Member	Tue Apr 23 11:20:27 Send more debt financed weapons!!!
LazyCommunist Member	Wed Apr 24 12:28:37 There goes your money! 1 Billion! That's $30 from each of you! Tomorrow you will go to bed hungry, no burgers for you, because you gave the money to Nazis! Btw. everything on this list has been given before to the Ukraine and it changed nothing! http://www...curity-assistance-for-ukraine/ Today, following the passage of the national security supplemental which the President just signed into law, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance to urgently meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories to Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package has an estimated value of $1 billion and includes capabilities to support Ukraine's most urgent requirements, including air defense interceptors, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons. The capabilities in this announcement include: RIM-7 and AIM-9M missiles for air defense; Stinger anti-aircraft missiles; Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition, including .50 caliber rounds to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm artillery rounds, including High Explosive and Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions rounds; 105mm artillery rounds; 60mm mortar rounds; Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles; Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs); High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); Logistics support vehicles; Tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment; Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems; Precision aerial munitions; Airfield support equipment; Anti-armor mines; Claymore anti-personnel munitions; Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and Night vision devices; and Spare parts, field equipment, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment. This package will surge munitions, weapons, and equipment forward to support Ukraine's ability to defend its frontlines, protect its cities, and counter Russia's continued attacks. With the bipartisan support of Congress, Ukraine can count on strong and resolute U.S. leadership to provide consistent security assistance support – together with some 50 Allies and partners – to ensure its brave defenders receive the critical capabilities needed to fight Russian aggression.
jergul large member	Wed Apr 24 15:49:30 That stuff was paid for long ago. Ukraine can get 350k 155 mm rounds for a billion. Enough for a month if it want fire parity with Russia.' Which is fine. Sadly, that is not all Ukraine needs. It is actually just a small part of what Ukraine needs. 3 dollars per capita btw. There are a shitload of Americans.
LazyCommunist Member	Thu Apr 25 04:56:53 I'm sorry, but it's very easy to miscalculate when you're dealing with such incredibly large sums. Just imagine how long it is: $$$ 1,000,000,000 $$$
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