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Cyber-attacks: six persons added to EU sanctions list for malicious cyber activities against EU member states and Ukraine (www.consilium.europa.eu)
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Here is the official statement (pdf)

EU Council adds six Russians to sanctions list over alleged hacking activities:

  1. Ruslan Aleksandrovich PERETYATKO: attributed to Callisto Group (Seaborgium, Star Blizzard COLDRIVER)
  2. Andrey Stanislavovich KORINETS: attributed to e Federal SecurityService (FSB) Center 18, and Callisto Group.
  3. Oleksandr SKLIANKO: attributed to Armageddon hacking group supported by FSB
  4. Mykola CHERNYKH: attributed to Armageddon hacking group supported by FSB
  5. Mikhail Mikhailovich TSAREV: attributed to threat group Wizard Spider, responsible for Conti and Trickbot malware
  6. Maksim Sergeevich GALOCHKIN: attributed to threat group Wizard Spider, responsible for Conti and Trickbot malware

The EU horizontal cyber sanctions regime currently applies to 14 individuals and four entities, and includes an asset freeze and a travel ban. Additionally, EU persons and entities are forbidden from making funds available to those listed.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The EU Council approved a ban on June 24 on access within the bloc to four key Russian state-run or controlled media outlets effective the next day (June 25):

  1. Rossiyskaya Gazeta
  2. Voice of Europe
  3. RIA Novosti
  4. Izvestiya.

The EU already banned other Russian propaganda outlets before, such as RT and Sputnik.