US sanctions Russian hacktivists who breached water facilities

The US Treasury sanctioned two alleged leaders of the Russia-aligned hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR) after CARR conducted DDoS operations and escalated to intrusions of industrial control systems, claiming compromise of a US energy firm's SCADA and manipulation of a Texas water storage unit; the measures block US-based assets and transactions and aim to disrupt the operators and deter further attacks.