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 conspiring 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 the company for the purpose of blackmailing them later.
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Egor Kriuchkov is said to have offered up to $1 million to bribe the company's employees to secretly install malware on their computer systems. After being contacted by the FBI a few days ago, Kriuchkov decided to leave Nevada for Los Angeles with the intention of fleeing the United States. On August 22, he 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./.
