JUST IN: Justice Department charges four Russian government employees with two separate conspiracies—outlining their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and across the globe.
James Longman reports from Lviv, Ukraine, as the world marks one month since Russian attacks began in the country.The Justice Department unsealed two indictments Thursday charging four Russian government employees with two separate conspiracies -- outlining their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure networks in the U.S. and across the globe between 2012 and 2018.
The unsealing of the cases and their detailed hacking schemes, according to the Justice Department, are intended to serve as a warning amid the current tensions with Russia about the"urgent ongoing need for American businesses to harden their defenses and remain vigilant." In a separate case charged in August of last year, the Justice Department charged three officers in Russia's FSB with carrying out a two-phased campaign to"target and compromise the computers of hundreds of entities related to the energy sector worldwide."
The indictment alleges that in the first phase of the attacks, the FSB officers were able to install malware on"more than 17,000 unique devices in the United States and abroad, including computer networks used by some power and energy companies. In the second phase, they carried out targeted spearphishing attacks against more than 3300 individuals from more than 500 U.S. and international companies, including U.S. agencies like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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