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Washington accuses six members of the Russian military intelligence of carrying out cyber attacks
US authorities accused a group of Russian policemen of launching global cyberattacks, describing them as the most destructive and destructive in history.
In the details, six Russian military officers tried to disrupt the French elections, the Winter Olympics and US companies by launching hacking attacks, according to an indictment issued by the US Justice Department on Monday.
The list includes details of attacks on a wide range of political, financial and sporting targets.
Washington accused the Russian military, all of them officers of the Russian military agency known as “GRU”, of launching devastating attacks on the Ukrainian power grid and trying to penetrate and leak into the political party of French President Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 elections. .
Those cyber-attacks include targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, where Russian athletes have been banned due to state-sponsored doping efforts.
“No country has maliciously or irresponsibly armed its cyber capabilities like Russia, deliberately causing unprecedented damage to achieve small tactical advantages and satisfy episodes of hatred,” said Assistant Attorney General John Demers, head of national security for the Department of Justice.
He described it as “the most destructive and destructive series of cyber attacks ever attributed to a group.”
