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United States (2016 presidential election infrastructure, anti-doping agencies, and related entities)
Justice for United States (2016 presidential election infrastructure, anti-doping agencies, and related entities) — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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Badin is alleged to be a Russian military intelligence officer assigned to Unit 26165—what is the organizational structure and mission of this unit?
What specific documents were stolen from 2016 election infrastructure and how were they released to interfere with the election?
Why was Badin last known to be in Moscow, and what efforts have been made to locate or apprehend him internationally?
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, a Russian military intelligence officer assigned to Unit 26165, was indicted in July 2018 for his alleged role in hacking operations targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election and later in October 2018 for computer intrusions against anti-doping agencies. Badin remains a fugitive, last known to be located in Moscow, Russia, and has evaded capture despite federal arrest warrants issued in both the District of Columbia and Western District of Pennsylvania. The case represents a significant cybersecurity threat and foreign interference operation that continues to be investigated by U.S. authorities.
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How do the July 2018 election hacking charges and October 2018 anti-doping hacking charges connect operationally?
Were there any co-conspirators or associates in the U.S. who facilitated or assisted in these hacking operations?
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Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a Domain Name; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering; Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud 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, Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , 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 Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Additionally, on October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment against 7 Russian individuals for their alleged roles in hacking and related influence and disinformation operations targeting, among others, international anti-doping agencies, sporting federations, and anti-doping officials.
The indictment charges Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets , Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov , and Alexey Valerevich Minin with computer hacking activity spanning from 2014 through May of 2018, including the computer intrusions of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other victim entities during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and afterwards. The indictment charges these defendants with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Badin is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer, assigned to Unit 26165.
Badin was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Alleged computer hacking conspiracy targeting U.S. presidential election infrastructure and personnel
Alleged computer intrusions of USADA, WADA, and other anti-doping entities from 2014 through May 2018
Federal grand jury in District of Columbia indicted Badin and 11 other Russian military intelligence officers
Federal grand jury in Western District of Pennsylvania indicted Badin and 6 others for anti-doping agency hacking