Pro-Russian hackers tricked into attacking decoy target

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• TwoNet breached a fake Dutch water facility using default credentials
• The target was a Forescout honeypot designed to study attacker behavior
• Hackers increasingly target critical infrastructure, often aiming for ransom

A relatively young pro-Russian hacktivist group called TwoNet recently breached a Dutch water facility organization. They logged into the Human-Machine interface (HMI) using weak, default credentials, and exploited a vulnerability to deface the website.