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The officers are charged with conducting cyberattacks in the United States, France, Ukraine and South Korea.
The US Department of Justice has accused Russian intelligence officers of involvement in a series of hacker attacks and the spread of malware in order to attack the infrastructure of other countries. Behind the attacks is military unit 74455, a Russian GRU unit. The accused included Yuri Sergeevich Andrienko, Sergei Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valerievich Frolov, Anatoly Sergeevich Kovalev, Artem Valerievich Ochichenko and Petr Nikolaevich Pliskin. Their names and photographs were shown at a press conference by the US Department of Justice.
“The FBI has repeatedly warned that Russia is a highly capable cyber adversary, and the information presented in this indictment shows how pervasive and destructive Russian cyber activities are,” said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich.
Representatives of the UK, in turn, said that the GRU hackers carried out the attacks in an attempt to disrupt the Tokyo Olympics, which were planned to be held in 2020, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the prosecution, the Russians allegedly "intended to support the efforts of the Russian authorities to undermine, retaliate or other destabilization" in relation to Ukraine, Georgia, elections in France, the Olympics in South Korea and attempts by the international community to hold Russia accountable for the use of a nerve agent. Newbie ".
The NotPetya virus was spreading in 2017. Olympic facilities in South Korea and facilities of the Ukrainian energy system were attacked. The virus was also used against participants in the presidential elections in France and against a number of American companies. According to the US Department of Justice, the damage caused by the virus to only three American companies amounted to $ 1 billion.
The US Department of Justice has accused Russian intelligence officers of involvement in a series of hacker attacks and the spread of malware in order to attack the infrastructure of other countries. Behind the attacks is military unit 74455, a Russian GRU unit. The accused included Yuri Sergeevich Andrienko, Sergei Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valerievich Frolov, Anatoly Sergeevich Kovalev, Artem Valerievich Ochichenko and Petr Nikolaevich Pliskin. Their names and photographs were shown at a press conference by the US Department of Justice.
“The FBI has repeatedly warned that Russia is a highly capable cyber adversary, and the information presented in this indictment shows how pervasive and destructive Russian cyber activities are,” said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich.
Representatives of the UK, in turn, said that the GRU hackers carried out the attacks in an attempt to disrupt the Tokyo Olympics, which were planned to be held in 2020, but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the prosecution, the Russians allegedly "intended to support the efforts of the Russian authorities to undermine, retaliate or other destabilization" in relation to Ukraine, Georgia, elections in France, the Olympics in South Korea and attempts by the international community to hold Russia accountable for the use of a nerve agent. Newbie ".
The NotPetya virus was spreading in 2017. Olympic facilities in South Korea and facilities of the Ukrainian energy system were attacked. The virus was also used against participants in the presidential elections in France and against a number of American companies. According to the US Department of Justice, the damage caused by the virus to only three American companies amounted to $ 1 billion.
