US charges Russian military intelligence officers for carrying out cyberattacks

United States on October 19 charged six Russian military foreign intelligence officers for carrying out cyberattacks across world. six hackers charged by US Justice Department are officers in Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence ncy of Russian armed forces. six hackers are charged for carrying out attacks in Ukraine, France, UK, and Georgia and also for targetting vichok poisoning investigations. 

" country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously or irresponsibly as Russia, wantonly causing unprecedented dam to pursue small tactical vants and to satisfy fits of spite. Today department has charged se Russian officers with conducting most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group, including by unleashing tPetya malware.   nation will recapture greatness while behaving in this way," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.  

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Hackers used destructive malware

hackers used destructive malware like BlackEnergy, Industroyer, and KillDisk to target Ukraine's electric power grid, Ministry of Finance, and State Treasury Service from December 2015 through December 2016. In France, hackers targetted President Emmanuel Macron’s political party prior to 2017 presidential elections. hackers in 2018 targetted organizations that were carrying out investigations into poisoning of former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter using nerve nt vichok.

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In dition to this, hackers targetted computer networks globally using destructive malware kwn as tPetya. malware affected hospitals, a FedEx Corporation subsidiary - TNT Express B.V., a US pharmaceutical manufacturer, among or facilities. Justice Department estimates that attack caused nearly $1 billion in losses. In 2018, hackers targetted Georgian companies and parliament. 

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hackers also attacked PyeongChang Winter Olympics hosts, participants, partners, and attendees through malicious mobile applications. hackers also targetted games' IT systems and opening ceremony, using malware kwn as Olympic Destroyer. attacks on PyeongChang Winter Olympics were carried out after Russian athletes were banned from taking part under nation's flag over state-sponsored doping charges.

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