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U.S. charges 4 Russian government workers with hacking energy sector

Deputy attorney general: Russian state-sponsored hackers ‘pose a serious and persistent threat to critical infrastructure’

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Updated March 24, 2022 at 8:19 p.m. EDT|Published March 24, 2022 at 4:41 p.m. EDT
The Justice Department on March 24 announced indictments against Russian government employees, from left, Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulov, Mikhail Mikhailovich Gavrilov, Marat Valeryevich Tyukov and Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh for an alleged hacking campaign targeting the energy sector. (FBI)
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The U.S. Justice Department fired another legal salvo against Russia on Thursday, announcing indictments against four Russian government employees for an alleged hacking campaign targeting the energy sector that lasted for years and targeted computers in 135 countries.

An indictment in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charges that Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, who worked at a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute, conspired with others to damage critical infrastructure outside the United States, causing emergency shutdowns at one foreign facility. Those charged in the indictment, under seal since June 2021, also allegedly tried to hack the computers of a U.S. firm that managed similar facilities in the United States.