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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: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28 2022, @11:19PM (3 children)
So this absolves russians from crime of hacking?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28 2022, @11:51PM (2 children)
I really want to see a first amendment defense against a hacking charge.
"Your Honor, all I did was say to the computer 11010110011001001000111001010010101101001..."
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday March 29 2022, @03:00PM
Some people believe that just because the government doesn't censor you that your speech can never have any bad consequences. They usually find out differently once they cross certain lines.
While Republicans can get over Trump's sexual assaults, affairs, and vulgarity; they cannot get over Obama being black.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 29 2022, @05:08PM
And all I did was stick a piece of metal into your front door lock in a specific way then harm you financially by absconding with your valuables.
Clearly this is all your fault!