US charges Russians with cyberattacks on Ukraine, French elections, Olympics

Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged in the United States with carrying out cyberattacks on Ukraine’s power grid, the 2017 French elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the Justice Department announced on Monday. – ‘Petulant child’ – The Justice Department said they conducted “hack-and-leak” campaigns against French President Emmanuel Macron’s political party and local French governments prior to the 2017 elections.