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U.S. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American companies, targeting foreign elections

U.S. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American companies, targeting foreign elections

U.S. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American companies, targeting foreign elections
Oct 19, 2020 48 secs

Justice Department on Monday accused six Russian computer hackers of causing power blackouts, financial losses of nearly $1 billion and targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics in China.

Court documents said the six were officers in the Russian military's main intelligence directorate and used "some of the most destructive malware to date." Prosecutors said it caused blackouts in Ukraine, victimized the Olympics opening ceremony, and caused losses of nearly $1 billion to Pennsylvania's Heritage Valley Health System and three other U.S.

John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said the behavior detailed in Monday's charges against Russian military officers amount to an accusation of the most disruptive and destructive computer attacks ever attributed to a single group.

Charging documents said the Russians used malware known as KillDisk and Idustroyer, which caused the power blackouts in Ukraine from December 2015 through 2016, NotPetya, which caused the financial losses in the U.S., and Olympic Destroyer, which took over thousands of computers used to support the Winter Olympics.

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