"The crim says the haul spans more than 800 classified raw LiDAR point cloud files in .las format ranging from 100 MB to 2 GB each; full coverage of transmission line corridors and substations, which includes layers for bare earth, vegetation, conductors, and structures; high-resolution orthophotos in .ecw format; MicroStation design files and PTC settings; large vegetation feature files in .xyz format; and other files from active projects."
"According to the crook - and, as we have repeatedly warned: criminals aren't the most trustworthy lot, so take this for what it is - the stolen files belong to some very large American utilities. Tampa Electric Company serves about 860,000 customers, including 90,000 businesses, across West Central Florida, while Duke Energy Florida has about 2 million residential and business customers across the state, and American Electric Power serves nearly 5.6 million customers across 11 states."
An individual claims to have breached Pickett and Associates and is offering about 139 GB of engineering data for 6.5 bitcoin (about $585,000). Pickett USA provides transmission and distribution design, surveying, aerial mapping, and LiDAR services to utilities and mining operations across the US and Caribbean. The seller posted screenshots on social media and Daily Dark Web alleging 892 stolen files, including over 800 raw LiDAR .las point cloud files, full coverage of transmission corridors and substations with layers for bare earth, vegetation, conductors, and structures, high-resolution orthophotos, MicroStation design files and PTC settings, and vegetation .xyz files. The claimed haul reportedly involves Tampa Electric, Duke Energy Florida, and American Electric Power. Pickett USA declined to comment.
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