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Infrastructure Destruction Squad

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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

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