US indicts 6 Russian intelligence officers for cybercrime

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 19 Oct 2020 by Alex Teddy
On October 19 the US formally charged 6 GRU officers with cyberattacks on the Ukrainian power grid, the Winter Olympics and the French elections. The officers are said to have carried out a NotPetya malware attack that impacted computers all over the world resulting in losses of over USD 1 billion. The six allegedly sought to impede investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. Members of the same unit were charged with meddling in the 2016 US election. The charges mark a further deterioration in US-Russian elections. if Biden wins, the US will likely be even more oppositional than at present.

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