A programmer from Rostov-on-Don was sentenced to 3 years in a penal colony in the case of attacks on the websites of the Ministry of Defense and the Presidential Administration on instructions from Ukraine

The Rostov regional court sentenced programmer Evgeniy Kotikov to three years in a penal colony in the case of DDoS attacks on the websites of the Ministry of Defense and the presidential administration. The local publication “Gorod N ” was told about this by the press service of the regional FSB department.

The man was also ordered to pay a fine of 800 thousand rubles. In addition, as write , Kotikov’s work computer, from which, according to the prosecution, the attacks were carried out, was confiscated. Arguments and Facts

The FSB claims that in February 2022, the programmer “sided with Ukraine” and joined a group of hackers whose actions led to the blocking of government websites. A criminal case was opened against Kotikov for the use of programs designed to unlawfully influence critical information infrastructure (Part 1 of Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code).

The details of the case and the defense's position are unknown.

In August 2021, a similar criminal case was opened against a programmer from the Kaluga region . He claimed that he tried to hack the Rostec website because he wanted to check it for vulnerabilities.