Pro-Ukraine BO Team and Head Mare hackers appear to team up in attacks against Russia
2026-05-08T14:51:56Z•e4c47a5f9ac766ba47625fc455dbc3c4fdaf634779807bc20e80eba0e3fca1fe
AI regulationBO TeamChaos ransomwareEU AI ActHead MareIran MOISKasperskyMuddyWaterPolandRapid7critical infrastructuredoxxinghacktivismlaw enforcementransomware-as-coverwater treatment
What happened
A batch of cybersecurity news: Kaspersky identified overlapping infrastructure and C2 activity suggesting coordination between pro‑Ukraine hacktivist groups BO Team and Head Mare in operations targeting Russia; Rapid7 found an intrusion staged to look like Chaos ransomware but attributed to Iranian APT MuddyWater (linked to Iran’s MOIS); Polish intelligence warned of attacks on water treatment control systems amid intensified hostile activity; a North Carolina man pled guilty to doxxing U.S. Supreme Court justices; and European leaders reached a tentative simplification of the EU AI Act, defl‑
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