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Indictmentseverity: High2020-10-19

DOJ indicts six GRU Unit 74455 officers

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

Russian military-intelligence (GRU Unit 74455) intrusion set responsible for some of the most destructive cyberattacks publicly attributed to a nation-state: the 2015 and 2016 Ukrainian power-grid ou…

Summary

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging six officers of the Russian GRU's Unit 74455 (Sandworm) in connection with a years-long campaign that included the 2015 and 2016 Ukraine power-grid attacks, the 2017 NotPetya outbreak, the 2018 Olympic Destroyer attack against the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and operations against the 2017 French elections.

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justice.gov

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