DOJ indicts 7 Russian agents for hacking, leaking Olympic doping records

John Demers.
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The Department of Justice has indicted seven Russian intelligence officers on hacking charges, saying they allegedly targeted anti-doping agencies in retaliation for Russia's ban from the Olympic Games, the DOJ announced Thursday.

The seven defendants have all been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, with some facing a variety of additional wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering charges in incidents that started around December 2014. The intelligence officers, working under Russia's GRU intelligence agency, allegedly targeted American and international organizations "based on their strategic interest to the Russian government," a DOJ press release says. Those organizations included FIFA, an international group investigating chemical weapons attacks, and a Pennsylvania nuclear facility.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.