Uncle Sam charges Russian GRU cyber-spies behind 'WhisperGate intrusions'

The US charged five GRU officers and one civilian for the WhisperGate data-wiping campaign that targeted Ukrainian government and civilian systems in January 2022; law enforcement and international partners released indictments, a $60M combined Rewards for Justice bounty, and a joint cybersecurity advisory documenting Unit 29155's scanning, CVE-based exploitation (including Confluence and other CVEs), and tactics of destroying data while leaving fake ransomware notes across NATO-linked networks.