According to the document, six Russians are accused of involvement in hacker attacks, which were intended to "support the efforts of the Russian authorities to undermine, retaliate or otherwise destabilize" against Ukraine, Georgia, the French elections, the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea, as well as attempts the international community to hold Russia accountable for the “use of Novichok”.
As a spokesman for the US Justice Department said during a press conference, all six accused citizens are "current and former employees of the GRU," RIA Novosti said.
As noted, the defendants are part of the unit number 74455 of the GRU.
“We have brought criminal charges of conspiracy to Russian military intelligence officers.
They are accused of carrying out the most destructive and subversive series of cyberattacks in the world, ever attributed to one group, "- quoted by TASS Assistant Secretary of Justice John Demers.
In August, the FBI and the US National Security Agency announced the creation by the Main Directorate of the Russian General Staff of software for espionage "Drovorub".
Russia has repeatedly denied US cyber espionage allegations.