CNBC's Eamon Javers reports newly issued sanctions against Russia for cyber attacks. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: [ Ссылка ]
The Biden administration imposed a raft of new sanctions against Moscow on Thursday over alleged interference in the 2020 election, a colossal cyberattack against U.S. government and corporate networks, illegal annexation and occupation of Crimea, and human rights abuses.
“Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election at the direction of the leadership of the Russian Government,” the Treasury said in a statement.
It also announced sanctions on five individuals and three entities linked to Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and human rights abuses.
In addition to the broad sanctions issued by the Treasury, the State Department announced it will expel 10 officials from Russia’s diplomatic mission in the United States.
The sanctions come following President Joe Biden’s phone call this week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and as Russian force amass near the Ukraine border.
Washington formally accused Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR — its top spy agency — of being behind the SolarWinds cyberattack publicized late last year, described by Microsoft President Brad Smith as “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen.”
“The U.S. Intelligence Community has high confidence in its assessment of attribution,” the Treasury release said. The attack saw hackers gain access to the software used by thousands of government bureaus and companies.
The penalties are also in response to a March report by the U.S. director of national intelligence that concluded Putin authorized attempts to interfere in the 2020 election in former President Donald Trump’s favor.
The Russian government denies all of the allegations.
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