Infrastructure Destruction Squad
Infrastructure Destruction Squad is classified as cybercrime.
- Origin
- Russia
- Also known as
- 1
Dark Engine has emerged as a significant threat actor targeting industrial control systems and SCADA systems in sectors such as metallurgy and food processing. The group has conducted multiple ICS-targeted incidents, with a pronounced operational surge in June 2025. Additionally, Dark Engine is involved in a campaign that embeds fraudulent CAPTCHA prompts into legitimate WordPress sites, utilizing SEO poisoning to harvest login credentials. Reports also indicate a data leak from Dark Engine that exposed sensitive phone data in the U.S.
The group's reported origin is Russia.
Also known as: Dark Engine
Published reports on this actor:
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/threats-to-defense-industrial-base
- https://securitybrief.com.au/story/fake-captcha-scam-targets-2-353-wordpress-sites-warns-cybercx
Source: MISP Galaxy, Malpedia.
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