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CASE #20-CR-00314United States (Federal) / Western District of PennsylvaniaCOURT: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

United States v. Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko et al. (Sandworm Military Officers)

CASE SUMMARY & JUDICIAL SCOPE

Landmark federal indictment unmasking six active-duty military intelligence officers of the Russian GRU Unit 74455 (Sandworm) for the world’s most destructive cyberattacks including NotPetya, Ukrainian power grid blackouts, and Olympic Destroyer.

The comprehensive 66-page grand jury indictment meticulously reconstructs the military chain of command, operational infrastructure, and cryptographic signatures of Unit 74455. The operations caused more than $10 Billion in global commercial damages, disabled hospital systems in the US, and disrupted power to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens in mid-winter.

INDICTED CHARGES & STATUTORY VIOLATIONS
  • [1]Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud and Abuse (18 U.S.C. § 371)
  • [2]Intentional Damage to Protected Computers (18 U.S.C. § 1030)
  • [3]Aggravated Identity Theft (18 U.S.C. § 1028A)
  • [4]Wire Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343)
VERIFIED PROVENANCE TRAIL3 INDEPENDENT ATTESTATIONS
Evidentiary provenance supporting indictment counts and state attribution.
legal2020-10-15
Federal Grand Jury Indictment 20-CR-314

Sworn testimony with unclassified technical server forensic captures and military officer unit rosters.

security_lab2024-04-17
Mandiant Threat Intelligence

Continuous tracking confirming ongoing Sandworm operational infrastructure under Unit 74455.

government2020-10-19
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Parallel formal diplomatic attribution by United Kingdom and Five Eyes partners.

JUDICIAL OUTCOME / STATUS

All six officers remain on FBI Most Wanted list with $10M Rewards for Justice bounties; international Interpol red notices active.

DOSSIER METADATA
STATUS
indicted
PROSECUTING AUTHORITY
United States Department of Justice (National Security Division)
NAMED DEFENDANTS
  • Yuriy Sergeyevich Andrienko (GRU Officer)
  • Sergey Vladimirovich Detistov (GRU Officer)
  • Pavel Valeryevich Frolov (GRU Officer)
  • Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev (GRU Officer)
  • Artem Olegovich Ochichenko (GRU Officer)
  • Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin (GRU Officer)
FILING DATE
2020-10-15
INCIDENT EPOCH
2015-2020