2018-7-15 10:01 |
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for conspiring to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
The indictment alleges these officers used Bitcoin to fund their hacking operations.
Russian Intelligence Officers Used Bitcoin
On July 14, 2018, the DoJ indicted 12 officers of the Russian intelligence agency, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU).
Moreover, Russian intelligence agents used the account under the username “gfadel47,” to receive Bitcoin payments requests from different email accounts.
GRU Agents Mined Bitcoins to Fund Cyber Attacks
Russian agents used the same computers for hacking activities as well as for performing Bitcoin payment transactions.
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