US charges six Russian intelligence officers in global cyber attacks, including the global 2017 'NotPetya' attack and election interference in France
The six Russian military intelligence agency members are also blamed for the global malware attack known as"NotPetya", which cost nearly $1 billion in losses to three US companies alone.
The six GRU agents were also accused of staging a malware attack called "NotPetya" that infected computers of businesses worldwide, causing nearly $1 billion in losses to three US companies alone. "The targets included the Games' organisers, logistics services and sponsors," the Foreign Office said inUS Assistant Attorney General John Demers said the six officers were responsible for "the most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group."
The charges include conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, damaging protected computers, and aggravated identity theft.
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