He added, “The crimes committed by Russian government officials were against real victims who suffered real harm. We have an obligation to hold accountable those who commit crimes – no matter where they reside and no matter for whom they work – in order to seek justice on behalf of these victims.”
FBI identified and tracked the Russian hackers and their malicious cyber activities
Cybersecurity researchers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified the Russian hackers and their malicious activities in the cyberspace using the labels “Sandworm team,” “Telebot,” “Voodoo Bear,” and “Iron Viking.”
The Russian hackers were identified as Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin.
Below is the summary of the overt activities committed by the defendants:
These defendants are facing seven counts of charges including conspiracy to conduct computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, damaging protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. Each defendant is charged in every count.
