Russian Hacker Known as “Digit” Pleads Guilty to Cyberattacks on Ukraine and the US

Artem Revensky ("Digit"), a member of the hacking group Sector16 allegedly linked to Russian authorities, admitted to orchestrating cyberattacks on critical infrastructure—including seizing control of oil pumps and storage tanks in Texas and compromising a gas facility in Ukraine—with the group financing operations through stolen credit card fraud; he made a plea deal for a reduced sentence. The reporting contains some text that appears AI-regurgitated, which may affect confidence in stylistic details but the account describes high-impact, cross-border attacks on energy infrastructure.