GRU HACKERS' DESTRUCTIVE MALWARE
AND INTERNATIONAL CYBER ATTACKS
Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a
Domain Name; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Wire Fraud; Intentional Damage to
Protected Computers; Aggravated Identity Theft

Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko

Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov

Pavel Valeryevich Frolov

Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev

Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko

Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin

REMARKS
On October 15, 2020, a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment
against six Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in targeting and compromising computer
systems worldwide, including those relating to critical infrastructure in Ukraine, a political campaign in France, and
the country of Georgia; international victims of the “NotPetya” malware attacks (including critical infrastructure
providers); and international victims associated with the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and investigations of nerve
agent attacks that have been publicly attributed to the Russian government. The indictment charges the defendants,
Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko, Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov, Pavel Valeryevich Frolov, Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev,
Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko, and Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin, with a computer hacking conspiracy intended to deploy
destructive malware and take other disruptive actions, for the strategic benefit of Russia, through unauthorized
access to victims' computers. The indictment also charges these defendants with false registration of a domain name,
conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, intentional damage to protected computers, aggravated identity theft,
and aiding and abetting those crimes. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued
a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment.

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
RISK, AND AN ESCAPE RISK
If you have any information concerning these individuals, please contact your local FBI office, or the
nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
www.fbi.gov