judge amy coney barrett to the senate committee. also axios tech reporter looking at the top social media campaign 2020 misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. tim kaine will talk about the upcoming full senate vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. watch c-span's "washington journal" and join the discussion. >> monday, justice department officials announced a six russian military and intelligence officials have been charged with committing cyber attacks, including a malware camp pain -- malware campaign against ukraine and cyber attacks against the winter olympics and french elections. announce criminal

charges against the conspiracy of russian military intelligence officers. who stand accused of conducting the most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group. i am joined by the fbi deputy director, the u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania, and by the special agent in charge of the pittsburgh field office. alone,past three years the department has charged computer intrusions or taken related to the activity of china, iran, and north korea. each of these cases charge significant malicious conduct that we have called out in part to reinforce norms of responsible nationstate behavior in cyberspace. as this case shows, no country has weaponized its cyber

capabilities as maliciously and irresponsibly as russia. wantonly causing unprecedented collateral damage to pursue small tactical advantages. the defendants in this case were all members of the military unit 74455 of the russian main intelligence directorate known gru.e gre you -- as the the same unit known to cyber researchers as the sand worm team for their role in russia's efforts to interfere with the 2016 elections. we make no election interference allegations here. today's charges illustrate how activitieselection were about one part of the work of a persistent, sophisticated hacking group sabotaging perceived enemies or detractors

of the russian federation, regardless of the consequences stopnocent bystanders or -- or their destabilizing effect. six current and former officers are accused of the following disruptive attacks alleged in the indictment. in december 2015 and 2016 launchedtors a taxing is the power grid in of civilian critical infrastructure. they turned out the lights and turned off the heat in the middle of the eastern european winter as the lives of hundreds of thousands of ukrainian income a women, and children with arc and cold. y widened tohe disturbe encompass the world and what is

commonly referred to as the most destructive and costly cyberattack ever. unleashpirators the malware. it masqueraded as malware designed to extort money, this was a false flag. the conspirators designed the malware to spread with devastating and indiscriminate alacrity ringing down entire networks in the second sand searching for remote computer connections to attack additional victims without hope of recovery or repair. the foreseeable result was the worm quickly spread globally shutting down companies and inflicting immense financial harm. this irresponsible conduct impaired the ability of companies in critical sector such as transportation and health care to provide services to the public not only in ukraine, but as far away as western pennsylvania. victims, u.s.-related at least hundreds of victims

worldwide, the damages exceeded $1 billion. rather than express remorse for the damage they inflicted against victims worldwide, the conspirators callously celebrated their success. next the conspirators turned their sights on the winter olympics. international comesnity together. the conspirators, feeling the embarrassment of international penalties related to rush' estate-sponsored doping program, cheating, took it upon themselves to undermine the game. there cyberattack combine the emotional maturity of a petulant child with the resources of a nationstate. they conducted spearfishing campaigns against south korea, as well as the international committee, olympic partners and

athletes. during the opening ceremony they launch the olympic destroyer malware which deleted data from thousands of computers supporting the game, rendering them inoperable. though the conspirators took attack on north korea, this failed. cyber researchers attributed the attack to the sand worm team, as we do today. the destructive and disruptive malware attacks and related preparations were not the conspirators only malicious conduct alleged in the indictment. the conspirators supported hack and leak campaigns leading up to the french elections and continue their disrupting attacks as recently as october 19, targeting government and nongovernment websites in the country of georgia. today's allegations in their entirety provide a useful lens for evaluating russia's offer two weeks ago for a reset in

cyber relations between russia and the united states. thata is right technologically sophisticated nations who aspire to lead have a special responsibility to secure the world order and contribute to widely accepted norms, peace, and security. that is what we are doing here today. this indictment lays bare russia's use of its cyber capabilities to destabilize and interfere with the domestic and economic system of other countries providing a cold reminder of why it's proposal is nothing more than son -- more than dishonest rhetoric and cheap propaganda. before i wrap up my remarks i would like to thank the team of prosecutors and fbi agent's whose pressure variance has led to these charges and the kind of evidence we can use to prove these charges in open court. i would like to express the departments appreciation for assistance from the private facebook,ch as cisco,

and twitter in disrupting the cyber threat. we appreciate the hard work and dedication of our foreign law enforcement and intelligence partners in countries including the ukraine, georgia, south korea, the united kingdom, and new zealand, who have also pursue these conspirators after attacks within their own countries or assisted in our investigation. these partnerships in the clear message that responsible nations in the private sector are prepared to work together to defend against and disrupt significant cyber threats. journal.'s washington every day we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and will discuss policy issues that impact you. this morning the national journal hotline editor gives her perspective on campaign 20 20. the indiana republican senator

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