The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six Russian intelligence operatives for hacking operations related to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 2017 French elections, and the notorious NotPetya ransomware attack. The indictment states that all six individuals are part of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate known as GRU. They are all charged with conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit wire fraud,. damaging protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. They were indicted for include:. the. cyber attacks that infected computers worldwide using.. the cyber attacks against. Ukraine s electric power. power grid,. Ministry of Finance, and State Treasury Service, using.
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