US arrests Russian citizen on charges of 'cyberattack'
In a statement on August 25, the US Department of Justice announced that a Russian citizen had just been arrested in Los Angeles, California, on charges of conspiracy to commit cyber attacks.
According to the indictment, Egor Kriuchkov, 27 years old, between July 15 and August 22, colluded with accomplices to hire employees of a company in Nevada to install malware into the computer network, stealing data from this company with the purpose of blackmailing them later.
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Egor Kriuchkov is said to have offered up to $1 million to bribe the above-mentioned company's employees to secretly install malware into the computer system. After being contacted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a few days ago, Kriuchkov decided to leave Nevada for Los Angeles with the intention of fleeing the US. On August 22, this subject was arrested and had to surrender to federal court.
It is known that Kriuchkov entered the US on a tourist visa. The Russian Embassy in the US has not yet made any comments on this incident./.
