2018-7-14 01:07 |
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) released an indictment on July 13 charging twelve Russian nationals with committing federal crimes — funded by cryptocurrencies — with the aim of “interfering” in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
According to the DoJ’s announcement, Russian officials from two units of the Russian government’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) used cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) — which they allegedly mined and obtained by “other means” — to fuel efforts to hack into computer networks associated with the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and U.S. elections-related state boards and technology companies.
The DoJ notes that the bitcoin mining activities that paid for the DCLeaks.com domain also funded the spearphishing attacks.
The DoJ has already been involved in cryptocurrency-related investigations, as the government body opened an investigation into Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) price manipulation at the end of May.
Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump released an executive order for a new anti-crime task force that will focus in part on digital currency fraud.
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