Alleged BlackShades creator backs out of plea deal

CNN reports that Indiana-based water and wastewater treatment plant and electricity provider Tipton Municipal Utilities has been targeted by a cyberattack on Apr. 19 claimed by Russia-linked hacking operation CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn.

Nearly 20 water, energy, and heating providers across Ukraine were noted by the country's Computer Emergency Response Team to have their information and communications systems targeted by Russian state-backed advanced persistent threat operation Sandworm, also known as APT44, Voodoo Bear, BlackEnergy, and Seashell Blizzard, last month, reports BleepingComputer.

Stealthy industrial-scale data exfiltration attacks have been launched by Chinese cyberespionage operation ToddyCat against government entities, including defense organizations, across the Asia-Pacific through its arsenal of advanced hacking tools, according to The Hacker News.