Britain sanctions Russian military intelligence officers over cyber attacks

UK sanctions Russia intelligence force, including those responsible for Mariupol theater bombing

The UK announced new sanctions Friday against Russia directed at three units of the Russian military intelligence agency “GRU” and 18 military intelligence officers “responsible for spreading chaos and disorder on Putin’s orders” and malicious cyber activity over many years, according to local media. According to the UK, GRU “routinely uses cyber and information operations to sow chaos, division and disorder in Ukraine and across the world with …

UK sanctions Russian spies behind theatre attack that killed hundreds

The UK has sanctioned Russian military intelligence officers linked to the 2022 Mariupol theatre bomb attack that killed hundreds of civilians.

NZ backs UK sanctions following discovery of Russian cyber attacks

The British Foreign Secretary says the UK have uncovered a sophisticated Russian digital espionage tool used to harvest login credentials from online Microsoft products.

UK sanctions Russian spies trying to ‘destabilise Europe’

Several of the men sanctioned on Friday are already wanted by the FBI in the United States.

‘Chaos and disorder’: Russian spies named, sanctioned by UK government

The UK government revealed the Russian agents who engaged in the attacks over more than a decade, in a rare exposure aimed at highlighting the scale of the threat to the public.