RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICERS CHARGED OF THE CYBER ATTACK
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Russian military officers charged of the cyberattack
The government of the United States of America has charged the six Russian military intelligence officers whom they were having an intention of the cyberattack. The main target was the electric power grid located in Ukraine. The charge against this planned attack was uncovered in the federal court in Pittsburgh details the intrusion of the computer and the malware attacks which was mounted over the past five years. The mounting of these vulnerabilities was said to have been done by the Russia military intelligence agency called GRU.
The department which was in charge of the case described the hacking campaign to be the most disruptive and an event that can result in severe destruction of the computer system including the exploitation of the data and the available information and that this was attributed to one group. Computer hacking could not only interrupt the normal functioning of the computer system but is also defined by the aim of penetrating through the available vulnerabilities that will give rise to the damage, stealing the information contained by the system.
The research indicated that there is no other country which has weaponized the capabilities of the cyber and the malicious intentions apart from Russia and recklessly causing the unprecedented damage to access the targeted information and gain of the advantage and satisfy their intended wants. Based on the indictment, the Intelligence officers of Russia post a destructive malware from around the end of the year 2015 till 2019 in support of Russia’s effort of retaliating against the foreign nations the different organization around the world.
The defendants who were arrested were also investigated and found out that they were against the attack of the electric power grid, which was witnessed in Ukraine. The malware that was designed affected various parts, for instance, the hospital’s computers, FedEx subsidiary and the large U.S manufacturer. This post is a current event which is much related with the sociology, and the criminal offence since the resultant effects of the cybercrime will later affect a large number of people in terms of jobs and the vast effects which will be inflicted to the organization and the computer system.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-military-officers-hacking-cyber-attacks-charged/