DOJ charges six Russian GRU officers who were allegedly behind NotPetya, BlackEnergy blackouts in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Olympics and French election, more
ZDNet Catalin Cimpanu
Related Coverage
- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA The United States Department of Justice
- Industry alert pins state, local government hacking on suspected Russian group CyberScoop · Sean Lyngaas
- View article The Guardian
- Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace U.S. Department of Justice
- US DOJ indictments might force Russian hacker group Sandworm to retool CSO · Cynthia Brumfield
- 6 Russian military officers charged with a worldwide cyberattack CNN · Christina Carrega
- View article Fortune
- View article HealthITSecurity
- Srsly Risky Biz: Tuesday, October 20 Seriously Risky Business · Brett Winterford
- View article Enterprise Times
- U.S. charges Russian intelligence officers for cyberattacks beginning in 2015 Axios · Orion Rummler
- US charges six Russian intelligence officers with hacking Ukraine, 2018 Olympics, and Skripal investigation The Verge · Russell Brandom
- Special Report: DoJ Indicts Six Russian Military Hackers With Charges Stemming From a String of High-Profile Cyberattacks Metacurity · Cynthia Brumfield
- US charges Sandworm hackers who mounted NotPetya, other high-profile attacks Help Net Security · Zeljka Zorz
- US Charges Russians With Cyberattacks On Ukraine, French Elections, Olympics International Business Times · Chris Lefkow
- U.S. Charges Russian Intelligence Officers in Major Cyberattacks New York Times · Michael S. Schmidt
- Russian spies in Olympics cyber attack news.com.au
- US Alleges Top Russian Cyber Hackers Tried to Cover Digital Tracks With Bitcoin CoinDesk · Danny Nelson
- US charges Russian hackers blamed for Ukraine power outages and the NotPetya ransomware attack TechCrunch · Zack Whittaker
- Six Russians accused of the world's most destructive hacks indicted Ars Technica · Dan Goodin
- Six Russians charged over NotPetya and other attacks ComputerWeekly.com · Alex Scroxton
- FCW Insider: Oct. 20 Federal Computer Week
- US indicts Russian GRU ‘Sandworm’ hackers for NotPetya, worldwide attacks BleepingComputer · Lawrence Abrams
- U.S. charges ‘petulant’ Russian GRU hackers Reuters
- US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit Wired · Andy Greenberg
- UK exposes series of Russian cyber attacks against Olympic and Paralympic Games GOV.UK
- Britain says Russia on cyber offensive to sabotage Tokyo Olympics Reuters
- UK Says Russia Launched Cyberattacks Against 2020 Olympic, Paralympic Games SecurityWeek · Ionut Arghire
- Britain accuses Russia of plotting to sabotage Tokyo Olympics Brisbane Times · Bevan Shields
- U.S. Charges 6 Russian Intelligence Officers Over Destructive Cyberattacks The Hacker News · Ravie Lakshmanan
- Justice Department indicts Russians linked to the ‘Sandworm’ hacking group SiliconANGLE · Duncan Riley
- UK: Russian GRU Hackers Targeted Tokyo Olympics infosecurity-magazine.com · Phil Muncaster
- UK says Russia was preparing cyber-attacks against the Tokyo Olympics ZDNet · Catalin Cimpanu
- UK Authorities Allege Russian Hackers Targeted the 2020 Olympics Gizmodo · Shoshana Wodinsky
- Russian Military Officers Unmasked, Indicted for High-Profile Cyberattack Campaigns Dark Reading · Kelly Jackson Higgins
- U.S. charges six Russian intelligence officers for extensive cyberattacks including NotPetya ransomware TechSpot · David Matthews
- Russian hackers charged with attacking Olympics, U.S. hospitals Mashable · Jack Morse
- The U.S. Government Charged Russia's Most Destructive Hackers VICE · Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
- U.S. charges Russian hackers with sweeping campaign of cyberattacks Politico · Eric Geller
- Tokyo Olympics: Russian hackers targeted Games, UK says BBC
- US charges Russian hackers over 3 of world's biggest cyberattacks CNET · Alfred Ng
Discussion
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Big news: DOJ today unsealed charges against Sandworm, naming the Russian GRU hackers who have for 5 years crossed every red line in cyberwar from blackouts to disrupting the Olympics to unleashing the NotPetya worm that cost $10 billion. https://www.wired.com/... < Updates to co…
-
@ridt
Thomas Rid
on x
Today's GRU indictment is an incredible document. The Five Eyes intelligence communities, I would suspect, must have stunning visibility into Russian military intelligence operations if today's disclosures are considered dispensable https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com…
-
@kevincollier
Kevin Collier
on x
Most remarkable thing in the GRU indictment isn't the accusations, but the simple fact of the indictment itself. Naming six officers (allegedly) responsible for election meddling and destruction two weeks before the election seems a pretty clear sign. https://assets.documentcloud…
-
@stuartlauscmp
Stuart Lau
on x
Russia's military intelligence service conducted cyber reconnaissance against officials and organisations at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games due to take place in Tokyo this summer before they were postponed, @FCDOGovUK says. https://www.gov.uk/...
-
@islivingston
Ian Livingston
on x
Good to see parts of the gov are treating the Russia cyber threat as the massive threat it is. https://twitter.com/...
-
@kevincollier
Kevin Collier
on x
This part of the press release was interesting, too. The US government relied a lot on tech and cyber companies for help here. https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
-
@tinaduryea
TLDuryea
on x
No way they did this without Putin's support https://twitter.com/...
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Another detail, for those like @matonis and @JohnHultquist who found some incongruous evidence that Sandworm seemed to be mixing up its devastating global cyberattacks with weird moonlighting in domestic Russia-targeted cybercrime, it looks like that was Kovalev, too. Busy guy! h…
-
@selectedwisdom
Clint Watts
on x
We're learning so much more about GRU with every indictment. Nice work by FBI & industry to trace these big attacks back to Russia, but then begs the question “why are we putting up with this from Russia?” https://www.justice.gov/...
-
@carolecadwalla
Carole Cadwalladr
on x
Wow. Read the details. Russian GRU officers sent emails from an address ‘mimicking the name of a UK journalist for a UK media entity to send approximately 20 spearphishing emails’ https://twitter.com/...
-
@shashj
Shashank Joshi
on x
UK:" “The GRU's cyber unit attempted to disguise itself as North Korean and Chinese hackers when it targeted the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Games. It went on to target broadcasters, a ski resort, Olympic officials & sponsors of the games in 2018” https://www.gov.uk/...
-
@shashj
Shashank Joshi
on x
Pincer movement on the GRU today. UK says it “conducted cyber reconnaissance against officials & organisations at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games” https://www.gov.uk/... US indicts GRU officers for that, and a lot more. https://www.justice.gov/... [No Aus/Can/NZ attribution…
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
By the way, the paperback of my book, SANDWORM, which tells the full arc of this group's years-long, unprecedented cyberwar rampage across the world, is out tomorrow: https://www.amazon.com/... I swear I did not coordinate this with the US Department of Justice on this. https://t…
-
@i_oriion
Orion Rummler
on x
Announcing charges against Russian intelligence officers, FBI dep. director David Bowdich thanks Google, Cisco, Facebook and Twitter “for all stepping up and helping us with this investigation” https://www.axios.com/...
-
@wiczipedia
Nina Jankowicz
on x
Context of most recent Georgian cyberattacks: a wave of anti-Russian protests gripping the country from June 2019 https://twitter.com/...
-
@wiczipedia
Nina Jankowicz
on x
Lest we forget the potential grave human effect of cyber attacks: extensive damage done at a hospital in PA https://twitter.com/...
-
@wiczipedia
Nina Jankowicz
on x
In South Korea, attempts to use mobile apps for malicious purposes, all quickly thwarted https://twitter.com/...
-
@wiczipedia
Nina Jankowicz
on x
This section should be particularly instructive for the US at the moment... https://twitter.com/...
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Big thing #2: Three-plus years after Sandworm unleashed NotPetya, the worst cyberattack in history, the US has gone beyond sanctions to name 4 men directly involved, even noting how Andrienko and Pliskin “celebrated” afterwards. A kind of accountability that's long been lacking.
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Big thing #1 to me: After more than two years of silence from governments around the world on the “Olympic Destroyer” cyberattack that sabotaged the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea ( https://www.wired.com/...) the US has finally (!) blamed Russia and condemned the attack.
-
@peterjukes
Peter Jukes
on x
“No country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously or irresponsibly as Russia, wantonly causing unprecedented damage to pursue small tactical advantages and to satisfy fits of spite” Russian GRU indictments for the #notpetya attacks https://www.justice.gov/...
-
@peterjukes
Peter Jukes
on x
The FBI indicting the Russian Military Officers who hacked our DSTL facility after the Skripal Novichok attacks in Salisbury. But where is Johnson? Partying with Russian oligarchs https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
-
@vpkivimaki
Veli-Pekka Kivimki
on x
Very interesting details here on the targets, with operations from 2015-2019 cited. https://twitter.com/...
-
@rosenbergerlm
Laura Rosenberger
on x
US move taken with allies. This is exactly what we need to be doing. Bravo. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
-
@brooklynmarie
Brooke Binkowski
on x
“The indictment names... Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, who was previously indicted two years ago for his allegedly role into hacking US States' Boards of Election in 2016....” https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
-
@dnvolz
@dnvolz
on x
BREAK: U.S. prosecutors charged six Russian GRU officers with involvement in some of the most serious cyberattacks in recent years, including the downing of Ukraine's power grid, interference in the French elections, and the devastating 2017 NotPetya attack.
-
@dnvolz
@dnvolz
on x
MORE: The indictment also links the GRU to cyberattacks on the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Novichok poisoning investigations, and a campaign against firms in the nation of Georgia. https://www.wsj.com/...
-
@thekenyeung
Ken Yeung
on x
Russia planned cyber-attack on Tokyo Olympics, says UK https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
-
@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
on x
BREAKING: The US has charged six Russian hackers believed to be part of the Sandworm APT This APT has been behind: - the NotPetya ransomware outbreak - the BlackEnergy blackouts in Ukraine - the OlympicDestroyer malware used at the PyeongChang Olympics https://www.zdnet.com/... h…
-
reddit
reddit
on reddit
Dog steals gopro and, then, the entire show
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Second, DOJ indictment says Sandworm tried to breach two Olympics partners responsible for timekeeping. Perhaps an attempt to sabotage results of sporting events, not just the Wifi, app, ticketing, screens that were ultimately disrupted. All updates here: https://www.wired.com/..…
-
@johnhultquist
John Hultquist
on x
What do you do when you almost successfully attack one Olympics, no government calls you out, and you're banned from another? You attack the next one. This is the adversary we're facing now for the elections. Emboldened by inaction. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
-
@mikebutcher
Mike Butcher
on x
Russia almost successfully attacked one Olympics, but was not called out by any government on it. It was later banned. What does it do? Attacks the next one. This is what happens when you embolden an adversary with inaction. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
-
@a_greenberg
Andy Greenberg
on x
Two other news items related to Sandworm's Olympics attack, big and small. First, UK's NCSC and US intelligence today (separately from DOJ) revealed that they'd seen evidence of Russian hackers preparing a repeat attack on the now-delayed Tokyo Olympics. https://www.theguardian.c…
-
@guardian_sport
@guardian_sport
on x
The Russian cyber-reconnaissance work covered the Games organisers, logistics services and sponsors, and was under way before the Olympics was postponed due to coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
-
@mattocko
Matt Ocko
on x
Mitigating the endless toxic actions of rogue states is why companies like @SentinelOne are so important When your “neighbor” is constantly willing to “burn it all down” out of venom & spite, you'd better have a good fire alarm & sprinkler system, so to speak https://twitter.com/…
-
@nicoleperlroth
Nicole Perlroth
on x
If you want to know how far the GRU is prepared to go out of pure spite, see the indictment's mention of GRU hacking the company that provided official Olympic timekeeping services. Indictment doesn't say what the goal was, but oh the possibilities...
-
@owen_g
Owen Gibson
on x
“British sources said the extent and persistence of the cyber-activity against sporting bodies was likely to have been cleared at the highest echelons of the Russian state.” Shocked I tell you... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...