Репост из: Khazar Dictionary
Kremlin has provided Russian IT-sector with a heavy blow. Ilya Sachkov, the co-founder of Group IB which is the country’s top security firm, has been arrested on the charges of treason.
Sachkov will likely be accused of passing a secret information to foreign intelligence or assisting Western efforts to interfere with Russian “elections”. Anyway, it’s not clear why he even was in Moscow.
Group IB has been working along Russian state agencies, mainly FSB, for a very long time. Sachkov really should’ve known better, especially after his primary FSB contact, deputy head of the FSB’s Center for Information Security Sergei Mikhailov was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason.
Sachkov was instrumental in creating modern Russian repressive cyber infrastructure, helped Kremlin in the case of the whistle blower Sergei Rodchenkov. Apparently it wasn’t enough.
Mikhailov was accused of passing information to America, personally Kimberly Zenz. There will be an American trace in Sachkov’s case, too.
Sachkov will likely be accused of passing a secret information to foreign intelligence or assisting Western efforts to interfere with Russian “elections”. Anyway, it’s not clear why he even was in Moscow.
Group IB has been working along Russian state agencies, mainly FSB, for a very long time. Sachkov really should’ve known better, especially after his primary FSB contact, deputy head of the FSB’s Center for Information Security Sergei Mikhailov was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason.
Sachkov was instrumental in creating modern Russian repressive cyber infrastructure, helped Kremlin in the case of the whistle blower Sergei Rodchenkov. Apparently it wasn’t enough.
Mikhailov was accused of passing information to America, personally Kimberly Zenz. There will be an American trace in Sachkov’s case, too.