Following Dutch and British accusations the US levels charges against seven Russian spy agents in view of cyber plots across the globe
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Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents.
The BBC reported that the US Justice Department said targets included the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies and a US nuclear company.
Reuters said that the United States on Thursday indicted seven Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to hack computers and steal data in a bid to delegitimize international anti-doping organizations and expose officials who revealed a Russian state-sponsored athlete doping program.
The allegations are part of an organised push-back against alleged Russian cyber attacks around the world. Russia earlier dismissed the allegations as “Western spy mania”.
The US statement came after Dutch security services said they had expelled four Russians in April over the plot against the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW has been probing the chemical attack on a Russian ex-spy in the UK.
The Telegraph reports that Russia mounted a cyber attack on the global chemical weapons watchdog while it was investigating the Salisbury spy poisoning, the British and Dutch security services have revealed.
A joint statement from British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte said the alleged plot demonstrated “the GRU’s disregard for global values and rules that keep us all safe”.
