Skyscraper-high sewage plume erupts in Moscow

There's a literal shitshow erupting in Moscow, where a skyscraper-high plume of sewage has erupted in the Russian capital, just months after Ukrainian hackers hit related systems.

Several Russian Telegram channels spilled news of the gut-wrenching geyser this morning, which erupted in the Kommunarka region of Moscow. Video of the explosion shows a tower of suspicious brown liquid shooting up higher than nearby buildings, presumably blanketing the area in less-than-fresh scents. 

According to reports on Telegram - which The Register was unable to verify - Moscow's police attributed the column of crap to "a planned air release after pressure testing during the construction of a gas pipeline."

The other possibility is yet another cyberattack on Russian sewage infrastructure akin to what happened in April when hackers affiliated with Ukraine's security service, the SBU, destroyed servers, wiped data, and knocked sewage sensors all around the city offline. 

The Ukrainian hackers, part of a group called Blackjack, allegedly disrupted some 87,000 alarm sensors, destroyed around 70 servers, and wiped 90 terabytes of data in their bid to flood the Russian capital with waste water. The attack targeted a company called Moskollector, which runs communications systems for the city's sewage network, per the Kyiv Post. 

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