Οι Ρωσικές αρχές συνέλαβαν τον Ρουσλάν Στογιάνοφ (Ruslan Stoyanov), έναν από τους κορυφαίους ερευνητές ασφάλειας της Kaspersky Lab, με κατηγορίες που εμπίπτουν στο άρθρο 275 του Ρωσικού ποινικού κώδικα, το οποίο αναφέρεται στην προδοσία.Σύμφωνα με σημερινό δημοσίευμα της Ρωσικής εφημερίδας Kommersant, ο Στογιάνοφ συνελήφθη τον Δεκέμβριο, μαζί με τον επικεφαλής του τμήματος ασφάλειας των πληροφοριών της Ρωσικής μυστικής υπηρεσίας (FSB) Sergei Mikhailov. Σε μια δήλωση που κυκλοφόρησε επίσης σήμερα από την Kaspersky Lab, η εταιρεία αναφέρει ότι Στογιάνοφ συνελήφθη με βάση τις δραστηριότητες που είχε πριν από την ένταξή του στην εταιρεία και συνεπώς οι κατηγορίες κατά του εν λόγω εργαζόμενου δεν περιλαμβάνουν την Κaspersky Lab. Ο εργαζόμενος είναι επικεφαλής της ομάδος έρευνας περιστατικών των υπολογιστών της Κaspersky Lab. Δε έχουν γίνει γνωστές λεπτομέρειες σχετικά με την έρευνα, αλλά σύμφωνα με την ρωσική εφημερίδα που παραθέτει ανώνυμες πηγές, ο Στογιάνοφ συμμετείχε στη διευκόλυνση της μεταφοράς κεφαλαίων από ξένες εταιρείες σε λογαριασμούς του Mikhailov.
The AP reported earlier this week that Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of the incident investigations unit of Russia’s prominent cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, was arrested in December along with Sergei Mikhailov, the deputy head of the information security department at the FSB, Russia’s primary intelligence successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Both are facing charges of treason, and Stoyanov is facing charges unrelated with his work at the company, according to a statement by Kaspersky. The Moscow Times reported late Thursday that Mikhailov was arrested on suspicion of providing U.S. intelligence with information regarding Russian cyber operations.
The Cipher Take: Prior to working at Kaspersky, Stoyanov worked as head of network security for the Russian Internet service provider OJSCRT Comm.RU and was also with the cybercrime unit at the Russian Ministry of the Interior in the early 2000s. The charges were filed under Article 275 of Russia’s criminal code, a broad statute for individuals charged with providing financial, technical, advisory, or other assistance to a foreign state considered hostile to the Russian government. It appears Russian investigators are examining money that Stoyanov allegedly received from foreign entities. Without many details on the arrest, there is speculation, despite the company’s denial, that Stoyanov’s investigations into Russian cybercrime groups led him to the Russian-sponsored group known as Fancy Bear, more recently known for breaching the DNC. Kaspersky is not new to cyber espionage operations. They first revealed the spying tool, dubbed Flame, used by the United States to conduct reconnaissance on Iranian nuclear facilities, which likely later positioned the injection of the infamous Stuxnet worm. While treason charges are not rare in Russia, the action is seemingly novel against a high-level Kaspersky employee—which has a longstanding relationship with Russian intelligence—and could create tension between the multinational cybersecurity giant and Russian intelligence.
Over the last week, a series of leaks have indicated that Russian officials arrested six individuals on charges of treason, two of which reportedly have ties with the CIA. According to the Russian news source Interfax, Sergei Mikhailov, deputy head of the FSB’s Center for Information Security, and Dmitry Dokuchayev—who is believed to be a Russian hacker that joined the ranks of the FSB to avoid jail time for hacking activities—are charged with working with the CIA. On Tuesday, the FSB searched Mikhailov’s home, finding over $12 million in hidden cash. The two, along with some of their civilian employees, were arrested around the same time as Ruslan Stoyanov, the former head of the computer incidents investigations unit at Kaspersky Lab. Charges of treason carry sentences up to 20 years in prison.
The Cipher Take: None of these allegations have been confirmed, but if these charges are in fact related to Russian interference in the U.S. elections, it would bolster the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian culpability. A series of what seem to be calibrated leaks, however, suggest the arrests relate to Shaltai-Boltai, a hacking group that previously leaked the internal communications of Kremlin leaders. The group’s supposed leader, Vladimir Anikeev, is among the arrested. Some speculate the group, which allegedly includes disgruntled Russian officials, fed Western intelligence information over the last year, while others claim the narrative is a distraction for the election operation. Given the high-level status and expertise of both Mikahilov and Dokuchayey—and their positioning in the office likely responsible for much of Russian cyber espionage—it is possible the Shaltai-Boltai activities are “small fish” and therefore meant to hide an investigation related to the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Or the Shaltai-Boltai group could have simply been their intermediary to Western intelligence. Little is certain at this point.
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Κρατούμενοι από τις ρωσικές αρχές βρίσκονται ο Σεργκέι Μιχαήλοφ, επικεφαλής του τμήματος κυβερνοασφάλειας της Ομοσπονδιακής Υπηρεσίας Ασφαλείας (FSB) της Ρωσίας, διαδόχου της KGB, όπως και ο αναπληρωτής του, Ντμίτρι Ντουκουτσάεφ, με την κατηγορία ότι εργάζονταν για λογαριασμό των ΗΠΑ. Ρωσικοί ιστότοποι ανέφεραν, σύμφωνα με τους Financial Times, ότι ο κ. Μιχαήλοφ συνωμοτούσε «για να ανατρέψει τον πρόεδρο της Ρωσίας Βλάντιμιρ Πούτιν». Οι κ.κ. Μιχαήλοφ και Ντοκουτσάεφ φέρονται να κατηγορούνται για «προδοσία», με το αιτιολογικό ότι παρέδωσαν πληροφορίες στη CIA. Εάν κριθούν ένοχοι, κινδυνεύουν με ποινές κάθειρξης έως και 20 ετών. Στο πλαίσιο της ίδιας υπόθεσης, ο Ρούσλαν Στογιάνοφ, επικεφαλής του τμήματος ηλεκτρονικού εγκλήματος του Εργαστηρίου Κασπέρσκι και ο Βλάντιμιρ Ανικέεφ, δημοσιογράφος ο οποίος έχει ζήσει στο παρελθόν στην Ουκρανία, φέρονται να έχουν επίσης συλληφθεί.
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The AP reported earlier this week that Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of the incident investigations unit of Russia’s prominent cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, was arrested in December along with Sergei Mikhailov, the deputy head of the information security department at the FSB, Russia’s primary intelligence successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Both are facing charges of treason, and Stoyanov is facing charges unrelated with his work at the company, according to a statement by Kaspersky. The Moscow Times reported late Thursday that Mikhailov was arrested on suspicion of providing U.S. intelligence with information regarding Russian cyber operations.
The Cipher Take: Prior to working at Kaspersky, Stoyanov worked as head of network security for the Russian Internet service provider OJSCRT Comm.RU and was also with the cybercrime unit at the Russian Ministry of the Interior in the early 2000s. The charges were filed under Article 275 of Russia’s criminal code, a broad statute for individuals charged with providing financial, technical, advisory, or other assistance to a foreign state considered hostile to the Russian government. It appears Russian investigators are examining money that Stoyanov allegedly received from foreign entities. Without many details on the arrest, there is speculation, despite the company’s denial, that Stoyanov’s investigations into Russian cybercrime groups led him to the Russian-sponsored group known as Fancy Bear, more recently known for breaching the DNC. Kaspersky is not new to cyber espionage operations. They first revealed the spying tool, dubbed Flame, used by the United States to conduct reconnaissance on Iranian nuclear facilities, which likely later positioned the injection of the infamous Stuxnet worm. While treason charges are not rare in Russia, the action is seemingly novel against a high-level Kaspersky employee—which has a longstanding relationship with Russian intelligence—and could create tension between the multinational cybersecurity giant and Russian intelligence.
Over the last week, a series of leaks have indicated that Russian officials arrested six individuals on charges of treason, two of which reportedly have ties with the CIA. According to the Russian news source Interfax, Sergei Mikhailov, deputy head of the FSB’s Center for Information Security, and Dmitry Dokuchayev—who is believed to be a Russian hacker that joined the ranks of the FSB to avoid jail time for hacking activities—are charged with working with the CIA. On Tuesday, the FSB searched Mikhailov’s home, finding over $12 million in hidden cash. The two, along with some of their civilian employees, were arrested around the same time as Ruslan Stoyanov, the former head of the computer incidents investigations unit at Kaspersky Lab. Charges of treason carry sentences up to 20 years in prison.
The Cipher Take: None of these allegations have been confirmed, but if these charges are in fact related to Russian interference in the U.S. elections, it would bolster the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian culpability. A series of what seem to be calibrated leaks, however, suggest the arrests relate to Shaltai-Boltai, a hacking group that previously leaked the internal communications of Kremlin leaders. The group’s supposed leader, Vladimir Anikeev, is among the arrested. Some speculate the group, which allegedly includes disgruntled Russian officials, fed Western intelligence information over the last year, while others claim the narrative is a distraction for the election operation. Given the high-level status and expertise of both Mikahilov and Dokuchayey—and their positioning in the office likely responsible for much of Russian cyber espionage—it is possible the Shaltai-Boltai activities are “small fish” and therefore meant to hide an investigation related to the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Or the Shaltai-Boltai group could have simply been their intermediary to Western intelligence. Little is certain at this point.
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Κρατούμενοι από τις ρωσικές αρχές βρίσκονται ο Σεργκέι Μιχαήλοφ, επικεφαλής του τμήματος κυβερνοασφάλειας της Ομοσπονδιακής Υπηρεσίας Ασφαλείας (FSB) της Ρωσίας, διαδόχου της KGB, όπως και ο αναπληρωτής του, Ντμίτρι Ντουκουτσάεφ, με την κατηγορία ότι εργάζονταν για λογαριασμό των ΗΠΑ. Ρωσικοί ιστότοποι ανέφεραν, σύμφωνα με τους Financial Times, ότι ο κ. Μιχαήλοφ συνωμοτούσε «για να ανατρέψει τον πρόεδρο της Ρωσίας Βλάντιμιρ Πούτιν». Οι κ.κ. Μιχαήλοφ και Ντοκουτσάεφ φέρονται να κατηγορούνται για «προδοσία», με το αιτιολογικό ότι παρέδωσαν πληροφορίες στη CIA. Εάν κριθούν ένοχοι, κινδυνεύουν με ποινές κάθειρξης έως και 20 ετών. Στο πλαίσιο της ίδιας υπόθεσης, ο Ρούσλαν Στογιάνοφ, επικεφαλής του τμήματος ηλεκτρονικού εγκλήματος του Εργαστηρίου Κασπέρσκι και ο Βλάντιμιρ Ανικέεφ, δημοσιογράφος ο οποίος έχει ζήσει στο παρελθόν στην Ουκρανία, φέρονται να έχουν επίσης συλληφθεί.
http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1200333
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