WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US imposed sanctions on two leaders of the Russian hacktivist group Cyber Military of Russia Reborn on Friday, citing their roles in focusing on U.S. essential infrastructure, the Treasury Division mentioned.
Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko are the group’s chief and a major hacker, Treasury mentioned in a press release.
Their group, generally known as CARR, has carried out cyber assaults in Ukraine and nations and corporations that assist it. Final yr, CARR began to say assaults on a number of essential infrastructure initiatives in the US and Europe, it mentioned.
“CARR and its members’ efforts to focus on our essential infrastructure symbolize an unacceptable menace to our residents and our communities, with doubtlessly harmful penalties,” mentioned Underneath Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Monetary Intelligence Brian Nelson.
