US promises $ 10 million for hacker from Russian Federation involved in attacks on Ukraine: what he did (photo)

Before starting a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, the hackers of the Russian Federation abducted many data about Ukrainians and even put them up for sale. They were helped by Russian citizen Amin Stigal, they consider in the FBI. The US Department of Justice has nominated the 22-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation of Amin Stigal's prosecution in involvement in the spread of harmful software (software) Wispergate to destroy the computer systems of the Government of Ukraine in January 2022.

For detention of a hacker or information that will help determine its location, promise $ 10 million, writes Techcrunch. According to the statement of the US Prosecutor's Office in Maryland, Amin Stigal is wanted for assistance in setting up servers that the hackers of the Main Intelligence Administration (GRU) of Russia were used for cyberattacks to Ukrainian ministries.

The accused used cryptocurrency to pay and adjust the unnamed US company servers, which made the game starting their cyberattacks with the help of harmful Wispergate software, which is masked under the warrior program and destroys data on infected devices. The indictment states that during the cyberattack Russian hackers stole a lot of data from Ukrainian government systems, including information about the health of citizens, data on criminal record and auto insurance.

They also put stolen data for sale on cybercrime forums. Hacker is also accused of helping to attack Ukraine's partners, including the United States. According to US prosecutors, Russian hackers attacked a government agency in Maryland decades, from 2021 to 2022. In addition, in 2022, the game hackers used the servers created by Amin to attack the transport sector of one of the countries of Europe that assisted Ukraine.

Journalists suggested that it was a cyberattack in Denmark, which happened at the same time. The US Government has proposed a $ 10 million reward to those who catch a hacker or inform information that will help you find it. It is expected that the accused is hiding in Russia. If the Amin is found guilty, then he threatens up to 5 years in prison.