Bloomberg: At the attack on Sinclair Broadcast Group are hackers from Russia

Sinclair Broadcast Group is behind the cyber attack on the large American television broadcasting corporation, there are hackers allegedly related to Russia, writes Bloomberg.

According to the sources of the agency, the attack was carried out using the Macaw Macaw Macaw virus, which is a variety of previously widespread malicious in WastedLocker. The agency claims that it was developed by hackers from the Evil Corp group, which the American authorities associate with the Russian Federation. Bloomberg surveyed specialists in the field of cybersecurity believe that since the introduction of Evil Corp sanctions in it could change the name for disguise.

On October 18, Sinclair Broadcast Group reported that she had been attacked last week using robber viruses. According to the company, as a result of this, the work of some office and operating systems was violated. Attackers also managed to access data from the internal network.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is one of the largest American television companies. The corporation owns or runs 21 local sports network, 185 television stations, as well as several national television networks, including Tennis Channel and Stadium.

The Evil Corp hacker group has long attracted the attention of the American authorities. In December 2019, the US Treasury announced the introduction of sanctions against Russians Maxim Yakubz and Igor Turshev, who are accused of fraud with computers, conspiracy and computer hacking software. Yakubets is the son -in -law of the former FSB special forces, Radio Liberty reported .

In addition to Yakubz and Turashev, another 15 individuals appeared in the sanctions list, most of whom are Russian citizens. Citizens of Greece, Israel, Spain, Uzbekistan and Ukraine also fell under the sanctions. All of them are connected, according to Washington, with the hacker group Evil Corp. Then, two years ago, the damage from the actions of the group was estimated at $ 100 million.

The restrictions were introduced in relation to six Russian legal entities related, according to the US Treasury, with the Russian Denis Gusev, which was part of the hacker group. We are talking about LLC Business Stolitsa, Optima LLC, Trad-Invest LLC, Auto Service Center LLC, Vertical LLC and Yunik LLC, TASS reports . According to the American department, Gusev was the general director of these organizations and helped hackers with financial transactions.

The Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov rejected the accusations of the American authorities, calling them baseless and unproven.