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U.S. charges 4 Russian government workers with hacking energy sector:
The U.S. Justice Department fired another legal salvo against Russia on Thursday, announcing indictments against four Russian government employees for an alleged hacking campaign targeting the energy sector that lasted for years and targeted computers in 135 countries.
An indictment in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charges that Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, who worked at a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute, conspired with others to damage critical infrastructure outside the United States, causing emergency shutdowns at one foreign facility. Thosecharged in the indictment, under seal since June 2021, also allegedly tried to hack the computers of a U.S. firm that managed similar facilities in the United States.
A separate indictment filed in Kansas alleges that a hacking campaign launched by Russian's federal security service, or FSB, targeted computers at hundreds of energy-related entities around the world. That indictment was also filed under seal last summer.
The hacking activity took place between 2012 and 2018, U.S. officials said. The decision to reveal the indictments underscores the concern U.S. and European officials have about Russia unleashing a wave of cyberattacks on the West in response to a new wave of sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said there is an "urgent ongoing need for American businesses to harden their defenses and remain vigilant." She said Russian state-sponsored hackers "pose a serious and persistent threat to critical infrastructure both in the United States and around the world."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28 2022, @10:51PM (6 children)
We're expected to believe that four government workers got together and did something other than discuss their gold-plated pension and healthcare plans?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28 2022, @11:16PM (5 children)
In Putin's Russia, healthcare plan covers cost of bullet.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28 2022, @11:28PM (4 children)
In Biden's America, uninsured don't even get bullet option.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 29 2022, @12:37AM (3 children)
In America must buy own bullet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 29 2022, @01:07AM (2 children)
In America, is illegal to buy bullet for purpose of self execution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 29 2022, @10:23AM
In Russia, self execution carried out by government.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday March 29 2022, @01:45PM
In some states / most states? in the USA it is illegal to commit suicide. I mean, in a way, it's kind of dumb. From a more pessimistic point of view, it's probably just one of those ways to make sure your family doesn't get a life insurance payout.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"