US offers 10 million USD reward to find 6 Russian intelligence officers

According to the announcement on the website of the US State Department, these 6 officers work at “Unit 74455“, the cyber division of Russia’s Main Intelligence Service (GRU). The unit is also known by codenames such as Sandworm, Telebots, Voodoo Bear and Iron Viking.

The US announced the indictment of six people believed to be Russian military intelligence officers in October 2020. SCMagzine screenshot

The identities of these six officers were identified as: Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev, Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin.

They were accused by the US of taking part in the attack by malware globally in 2017, affecting the computers of several private entities in the US, including a hospital system.

Service cyber attack 2017’s “NotPetya” (also known as PetrWrap, exPetr, GoldenEye or Diskcoder.C) crippled part of Ukraine’s infrastructure and damaged computer systems in many countries around the globe including France, Germany, Italy and the United States, causing damage estimated in the billions of dollars.

Moscow denies involvement in the incident.

A federal grand jury in the United States in 2020 indicted six “Unit 74455” officers with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, among other crimes, the State Department said. US delivery said.

Up to $10 million will be awarded for information that leads to “the identification or location of anyone engaged in malicious cyber activities affecting critical U.S. infrastructure, while acting at the direction or control of a foreign government”.

Russia did not immediately comment on the US State Department’s announcement.