U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks

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U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks

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The Justice Department announced indictments on Monday of six Russian military intelligence officers in connection with major hacks worldwide, including of the Winter Olympics and elections in France as well as an attack in 2017 aimed at destabilizing Ukraine

Prosecutors said the suspects were from the same Russian unit that conducted one of the Kremlin’s major operations to interfere in the 2016 American election, the theft of Democratic emails.

Prosecutors said the suspects worked for Unit 74455 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, commonly referred to as the G.R.U.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/p ... tacks.html
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