FSB Archives

How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical dangers of spyware

Citizen Lab and a Russian exile-led human rights group investigated spyware implanted on his phone after he was detained, beaten up and released.

Dec 5, 2024 By Tim Starks

Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images)

DOJ, Microsoft seize more than 100 domains used by the FSB

The simultaneous actions targeted the Star Blizzard espionage operation, which went after government and civil society groups around the world.

Oct 3, 2024 By AJ Vicens

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the indictments of two employees of Russia’s RT and sanctions on top editors of the state-funded news outlet, accusing them of seeking to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Garland chaired the meeting of the DOJ’s Election Threats Task Force in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Justice Department accuses Russia of interfering with 2024 elections

The U.S. government announced indictments, seizures and sanctions against individuals they say were associated with a propaganda campaign targeting the 2024 election.

Sep 4, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Night view of Lubyanka square in Moscow, building of the Federal Security Service. (alex57111, iStock/Getty Images)

Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador

The government-backed hackers exploited fake friends and family with spear-phishing lures, according to research published Wednesday.

Aug 14, 2024 By Tim Starks

A screenshot from a Department of Justice affidavit on an AI-fueled Russian bot farm.

US, international authorities seize Russian AI bot farm

FBI officials say that software relying on AI to generate bot accounts was developed under a top editor at Russian state-owned news outlet RT.

Jul 9, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

A police car goes past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor agency to the KGB, and Lubyanka Square in front of it in central Moscow on March 3, 2023. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

US and British authorities sanction, indict Russian hackers

Andrey Korinets and Ruslan Peretyatko are alleged to have played a key role in the FSB's efforts to meddle in U.S. and British politics.

Dec 7, 2023 By AJ Vicens

A polling station in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions two Russian intelligence officers for election influence operations

The charges follow a grand jury indictments alleging that the officers engaged in years-long international election influence campaigns.

Jun 23, 2023 By Christian Vasquez

Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow on September 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of the incorporation of the new territories into Russia. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Four Americans and two Russians conspired to sway elections, influence politics, Justice Department says

The DOJ unsealed new indictments on Tuesday that allege a years-long conspiracy to interfere in elections and weaponize information.

Apr 18, 2023 By AJ Vicens

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects the ruins of a building suspected to have been destroyed after a missile strike near Kharkiv on July 5, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian information operations focus on dividing Western coalition supporting Ukraine

The Russian propaganda focuses on the threat that Ukrainian refugees could bring economic hardship to Europe.

Jul 7, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on May 27, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

REvil prosecutions reach a ‘dead end,’ Russian media reports

The contention follows multiple claims from Russian officials that a lack of U.S. cooperation was hurting their case.

May 27, 2022 By AJ Vicens