U.S. Indicts Russian GRU Members for Cyberattacks on Ukraine and American Companies

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Wednesday. The attacks were essentially the opening salvos in the invasion of Ukraine.

The United States has expanded its pursuit of Russia’s elite cyberwarriors, with a newly unsealed indictment targeting five members of Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU. The indictment, revealed on Thursday, charges the operatives with launching cyberattacks on Ukrainian government institutions and American companies in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. … Read more