Russian hacker previously extradited from Georgia to US sentenced to 12 years in prison
Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin, wanted by the US, fled to Georgia and was arrested by Georgian law enforcers in 2017. Photo: nordicmonitor.com.
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Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin, who was extradited from Georgia to the United Stated in 2018, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for involvement in mass network intrusions of US financial institutions, brokerage firms, news agencies and other American companies.
The United States Department of Justice reports that Tyurin used computer infrastructure located across five continents, which he controlled from his home in Moscow.
Tyurin earned over $19 million in profits from his hacking activities.
Andrei Tyurin, wanted by the US, fled to Georgia and was arrested by Georgian law enforcers in 2017.
Tyurin was extradited from Georgia to the United States in September 2018.
The United States, Estonia and the United Kingdom have condemned the Russian cyber-attack on Georgia in October 2019 during a closed meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on March 5, 2020, reports the press office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has thanked High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of European Commission Josep Borrell for condemning Russia’s widespread cyber attack against Georgia back in October 2019.
Russian Foreign Ministry has denied widespread allegations that it carried out a cyberattack against Georgia in October 2019, stating that ‘there is no evidence providing’ the country was involved, accusing Tbilisi, Washington, London and other states of ‘synchronized’, anti-Russian propaganda. “All accusations are again lined up in the spirit of the notorious ‘highly likely,” Russian Foreign Ministry says.
Hacker Yaroslav Sumbayev, who faces cybercrime and murder charges in the Russian Federation, has been extradited to Russia from Tbilisi earlier today.