U.S. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American companies, targeting foreign elections

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BREAKING: US Justice Dept. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American companies and targeting foreign elections, including causing power blackouts, financial losses of nearly $1B and targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics.

power blackouts, financial losses of nearly $1 billion and targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics in China.directorate and used"some of the most destructive malware to date." Prosecutors said it caused blackouts in Ukraine, victimized the Olympics opening ceremony, and caused losses of nearly $1 billion to Pennsylvania's Heritage Valley Health System and three other U.S. companies, including a large pharmaceutical manufacturer.

"No country has weaponized its cyber capabilities as maliciously or irresponsibly as Russia, wantonly causing unprecedented damage to pursue small tactical advantages and to satisfy fits of spite," Demers said. The officers are part of a GRU unit known as"Sandworm," which previous Justice Department indictments said was responsible for hacking U.S. election infrastructure to create personas and leak Democratic party e-mails in 2016.

 

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