A Russian who claimed in 2017 that he was ordered to hack the U.S. Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC) and steal emails linked to Hillary Clinton has been sentenced to 14 years for cyber fraud.
Konstantin Kozlovsky, the chief of the hacking group Lurk, was ordered by a courtroom in Yekaterinburg to spend 14 years at a "most safety jail colony" after the group used Trojan malware to steal greater than 1.2 billion rubles ($15.6 million) between December 2015 and April 2016.
He was arrested in 2016 and charged with illegally accessing pc data, organizing a prison affiliation, and with cyber fraud. Others members of the group have been handed sentences of between 5 and a half years and 13 years, RBC reported.
The youngest member of the group had her sentencing postponed till she reaches the age of 14.
Throughout a listening to about his arrest in August 2017, Kozlovsky mentioned he had been recruited by Russia's Federal Safety Service, referred to as the FSB, to hack the DNC and steal emails linked to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in accordance with Russian information web site The Bell.
An audio recording and minutes from the listening to have been posted on Kozlovsky's Fb web page on the time, in accordance with the information outlet.
In keeping with Interfax, Kozlovsky's statements that he allegedly stole information from U.S. authorities servers utilizing malicious software program weren't confirmed through the trial.
"Throughout examinations, there have been no info offered that the U.S. authorities's community infrastructure was contaminated. The gang members themselves have by no means mentioned this challenge within the community correspondence accessible within the case file. Apart from Kozlovsky, not one of the members of the group verify any pc assaults on U.S. networks or affect on the U.S. presidential election in 2016," a supply advised the information company.
The supply added that Kozlovsky's case did not set up a connection between Kozlovsky and FSB cybersecurity agent Dmitry Dokuchaev—who Kozlovsky claimed was his supervisor—or some other staff of the division. Dokuchaev, was convicted of treason following Kozlovsky's allegations.
U.S. intelligence companies have decided that the Kremlin interfered within the 2016 presidential election and stole emails from the DNC. In 2016, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike discovered that hackers related to the FSB and Russian army intelligence infiltrated the DNC's emails.
"CrowdStrike stands absolutely by its evaluation and findings figuring out two separate Russian intelligence-affiliated adversaries current within the DNC community in Could 2016," the corporate mentioned in a press release on the time.
President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied that Russia has interfered in U.S. presidential elections.
Newsweek has contacted the White Home and the Democratic Nationwide Committee for remark.
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