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PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) – The US prosecutor's office in Pittsburgh will prosecute the charges of seven Russian military intelligence officers announced by the Ministry of Justice. The Cyber Security Section of the Pittsburgh office helped to solve the problem. Pennsylvania Western District US Attorney Scott Brady was in Washington, DC to participate in the announcement.
"The defendants are accused of participating in a long-running plot to hack computers and private networks around the world," Brady said.
The Pittsburgh office is one of the largest cybersecurity sections in the country.
Officials from the Justice Ministry said Russian military intelligence services, known as the GRU, had targeted anti-doping agencies because they had supported the banning of Russian athletes from competitions international sports. The agencies had condemned the doping of its athletes by Russia.
Brady said Westinghouse had been targeted for selling nuclear fuel to Ukraine. According to Brady, one of the defendants, "sent spear-fishing e-mails to specific Westinghouse employees to urge them to provide their login credentials, which would allow him to access their accounts." personal mail and finally to the Westinghouse network. . "
A statement from Westinghouse states: "We have found no evidence that employee phishing campaigns to break Westinghouse's systems have been successful." The company claims to cooperate with the Department of Justice.
Three of the seven Russians had already been indicted in Special Adviser Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the US elections.
Despite the difficulty of apprehension in this case, Brady says. "We are trying to stop those who break the law. In this case, we want to bring them to Pittsburgh. We want them to be tried and put in jail. "
