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United States election infrastructure and personnel

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United States election infrastructure and personnel

Case
#1048
SourceFBI WantedUpdated Mar 15, 2026
United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018

BORIS ALEKSEYEVICH ANTONOV

Justice for United States election infrastructure and personnel — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.

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Key leads to think about

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suspect
Lead #1

What is Antonov's current location and status within Russian military intelligence Unit 26165?

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evidence
Lead #2

What specific documents were stolen and released, and how did they impact the 2016 election narrative?

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contact
Lead #3

How did Antonov communicate with co-conspirators, and what digital evidence exists of the conspiracy?

On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Boris Alekseyevich Antonov, a Russian military intelligence officer, for his alleged role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking and stolen document releases. Antonov and co-conspirators allegedly gained unauthorized access to computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the election, stealing sensitive documents and staging their release to interfere with the electoral process. The case remains open with Antonov believed to be in Moscow, Russia, and represents an ongoing international cybersecurity and election interference investigation.

Case
#1048
SourceFBI WantedUpdated Mar 15, 2026
United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation

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location
Lead #4

Which U.S. election infrastructure systems and state boards were successfully compromised by this group?

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Source Narrative

Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a Domain Name; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections . The indictment charges 11 defendants, Boris Alekseyevich Antonov, Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev , Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek , Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk , Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin , and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S.

persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S.

presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev , are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S.

elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S.

elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.

issued a federal arrest warrant for Boris Alekseyevich Antonov upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Antonov is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer holding the rank of Major, assigned to Unit 26165.

Antonov was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.

Timeline of Events

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2016-11-08

2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Election date that was target of alleged interference campaign

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2018-07-13

Federal Grand Jury Indictment

Federal grand jury in District of Columbia returned indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers including Antonov

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Case Information

Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:June 14, 2026

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Case Information

Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:June 14, 2026