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WhisperGate suspect indicted as US offers a $10M bounty for his capture

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
90/100

Date Published: 2024-06-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jessica Lyons

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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted a 22-year-old Russian accused of conspiring with Russia's GRU to carry out the WhisperGate wiper attacks in early 2022 that destroyed data on dozens of Ukrainian critical infrastructure systems and stole/defaced information; the action follows attribution by the U.S. and allies to a GRU-linked group (Cadet Blizzard) and the State Department has offered up to $10 million for information.

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