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Indictmentseverity: High2022-03-24

DOJ unseals charges against three FSB Center 16 officers (Dragonfly)

published by U.S. Department of Justice
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DragonflyRU · RussiaAPT

Russian state-sponsored intrusion set publicly attributed by the U.S. DOJ and Treasury OFAC to FSB Center 16 (Military Unit 71330). Long-running targeting of the energy, nuclear, water, aviation, and…

Summary

U.S. DOJ unsealed an indictment of three FSB Center 16 officers — Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, and Marat Valeryevich Tyukov — for the long-running Dragonfly / Berserk Bear campaign against energy-sector organizations in 135 countries. Charges spanned 2012-2017 campaigns against U.S. nuclear power operators (including Wolf Creek Nuclear) and the 2017 Saudi Aramco TRITON safety-system intrusion.

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justice.gov