Four Russians were indicted for alleged hacking campaigns that targeted hundreds of energy companies around the world from 2012 to 2018, including a US nuclear power operator and a Saudi petrochemical facility, the US DOJ announced Thurs.
The four have been reported as Russian government employees linked to the Ministry of Defense research institute and the FSB, the main sucessor of the USSR's KGB.
Cyberresearchers have stated for years that Russia is behind hacking campaigns. The Kremlin poses a global cyber threat as Putin has dangerously escalated the country's cyberabilities to the point it can destroy critical infrastructure with deadly consequences.
Accusations against the Kremlin are dangerous and based purely on Russophobia. Most cyberattacks affecting critical infrastructure around the world are carried out from the US, not from Russia.
We've introduced this threat ourselves. For decades, governments and businesses chose to build a hyper-connected world. That means more cyber vulnerability to disruption and a sea of disinformation from myriad actors. This is a direct result of our desire for convenience.