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Moscow detains scientist suspected of carrying out DDoS attacks on Russia

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Threat Score
45/100

Date Published: 2024-08-21

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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Russia's FSB alleges a 33-year-old Moscow physicist carried out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Russian critical infrastructure, collected information on military personnel and equipment movements, and transferred money and cryptocurrency to Ukrainian-registered funds; he has been detained on treason charges and could face severe sentences, though Recorded Future could not independently verify the claims.

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