Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine's power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Mr. Demers said the defendants launched destructive malware attacks against the electric power grid in Ukraine in December 2015 and December 2016. “These were the first reported destructive malware attacks against the control systems of civilian critical infrastructure,” he said. Demers said the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea were targeted after Russian athletes were banned from participating under their own flag because of government-sponsored doping efforts. Mr. Kovalev was indicted previously in 2018, for attempting to gain access to U..S computers involved in the administration of the 2016 U.S. elections.

Source: The Hindu October 19, 2020 23:26 UTC