Justice Department Charges Four Russian Nationals for Global Hacking Campaign Targeting the Energy Sector

On March 24, the Department of Justice unsealed two indictments against four Russian government employees for their alleged involvement in “two historical hacking campaigns targeting critical infrastructure worldwide.” The two campaigns targeted the “global energy sector between 2012 and 2018” and affected “thousands of computers, at hundreds of companies and organizations, in approximately 135 countries.” 

The June 2021 indictment, United States v. Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, alleges Gladkikh was an employee of a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute when he and his-conspirators sought to “hack industrial control systems and operational technology of global energy facilities using techniques designed to enable future physical damage with potentially catastrophic effects.” Gladkikh is charged with conspiracy to cause damage to an energy facility, attempt to cause damage to an energy facility and conspiracy to commit computer fraud.

The August 2021 indictment, United States v. Pavel Aleksandrovich Akulov, et al., alleges Akulov and two other

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