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US charges Russian military officers with conspiracy to disrupt Ukraine's critical infrastructure systems

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The Russian GRU military intelligence agency has been indicted in Maryland for waging a cyber campaign against Ukraine, known as WhisperGate. The campaign targeted civilian infrastructure and computer systems unrelated to the military or national defense. The indictment was widened to include 26 NATO allies, including the United States. Six Russian nationals were charged with conspiracy to hack, exfiltrate data, leak information, and destroy computer systems associated with the Ukrainian government. Microsoft reported that WhisperGate was part of a broader campaign aimed at coordinating destructive cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and other targets in Ukraine, potentially with kinetic military action.

  1. US
    Matthew Olsen
    US Department of Justice
    1. The WhisperGate campaign included the targeting of civilian infrastructure and Ukrainian computer systems wholly unrelated to the military or national defense.
    2. Today's indictment underscores that the Justice Department will use every available tool to disrupt this kind of malicious cyber activity and hold perpetrators accountable for indiscriminate and destructive targeting of the United States and our allies.
    3. The GRU's WhisperGate campaign, including targeting Ukrainian critical infrastructure and government systems of no military value, is emblematic of Russia's abhorrent disregard for innocent civilians as it wages its unjust invasion.

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sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.Ars Technica
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.Wired

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.Russia-Ukraine War
  5. 5.US-Russia Relations
  6. 6.US under Joe Biden
  7. 7.Rare-Earth Elements
  8. 8.Saudi Foreign Policy

countries

  1. 1.Russian FederationRU
  2. 2.UkraineUA
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  2. 2.Krem­linRU
  3. 3.Microsoft
  4. 4.Unit 29155
  5. 5.Fancy Bear
  6. 6.Federal Bureau of InvestigationUS
  7. 7.Investigative Committee of RussiaRU
  8. 8.National Security Division
  9. 9.Russian Intelligence ServicesRU
  10. 10.US Department of JusticeUS
  11. 11.US State DepartmentUS

persons

  1. 1.Amin Timovich Stigal
  2. 2.Denis Denisenko
  3. 3.Dmitriy Goloshubov
  4. 4.Donald TrumpUS
  5. 5.Erek Barron
  6. 6.Matthew OlsenUS
  7. 7.Merrick GarlandUS
  8. 8.Nikolay Korchagin
  9. 9.Vladislav Borovkov
  10. 10.William DelBagno
  11. 11.Yuriy Denisov

technicals

  1. 1.WhisperGate
  2. 2.Advanced Persistent Threat Actor 28
  3. 3.Sandworm
US charges Russian military officers with conspiracy to disrupt Ukraine's critical infrastructure systems