The programmer was sentenced to three years in a penal colony on charges of a hacker attack on the Ministry of Defense

The Rostov regional court sentenced programmer Evgeny Kotikov to three years in a penal colony and a fine of 800 thousand rubles in the case of a cyber attack on the websites of the Ministry of Defense and the Presidential Administration. This was published on the website with reference to the press service of the regional department of the FSB “City N”.

reports the resolution Initially, it follows from the resolution, the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced the man to a similar suspended sentence and fine; his case was considered on February 3. On April 10, the appellate court overturned this decision and gave him a real prison sentence with a fine.

The man was found guilty under the article on the use of computer information intended for unlawful influence on the critical information infrastructure of Russia (Part 1 of Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code).

According to investigators, after the start of the war in Ukraine, Kotikov “supported the Kiev regime” and joined a group of hackers who launched DDoS attacks on the websites of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the President of the Russian Federation.

Evgeny Kotikov's computer was confiscated.

• After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments. The list of articles under which those who oppose the war are prosecuted is quite wide. Those involved in “anti-war cases” are often charged with hooliganism, vandalism, violence against government officials, and other violations. A significant element of pressure was also the articles introduced into the Criminal Code after the outbreak of hostilities - dissemination about the Russian army and armed forces. "fake" discredit