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Cybercriminal Offers Breached Utility Data for Sale

First seen 2 Jan 2026, 21:33 UTC • Theregister

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A cybercriminal claims to have breached Pickett and Associates, a Florida-based engineering firm, and is attempting to sell 139 GB of engineering data related to major US utilities, including Tampa Electric Company, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. The asking price for this data is 6.5 bitcoin, equivalent to $585,000.

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Attack Flow

9 entities, 13 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Threat Actor (2)

GRU
Volt Typhoon

Technique (2)

Data Breach
Ransomware

Organization (5)

American Electric Power
Duke Energy Florida
Enerparc AG
Pickett And Associates
Tampa Electric Company

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GRU uses Data Breach
GRU uses Ransomware
Volt Typhoon uses Data Breach
Volt Typhoon uses Ransomware
GRU targets American Electric Power
GRU targets Duke Energy Florida
GRU targets Enerparc AG
GRU targets Pickett And Associates
Volt Typhoon targets American Electric Power
Volt Typhoon targets Duke Energy Florida
Volt Typhoon targets Enerparc AG
Volt Typhoon targets Pickett And Associates
GRU related to Tampa Electric Company

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Cybercriminal Offers Breached Utility Data for Sale

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