Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Malware

Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep... by IgorPartola on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:52PM (#24831456)

I am much more confused by another point: isn’t the GRU a military department? Can you charge military personnel with a crime like this when they are acting in accordance with their orders?

It feels like this is a cop out: the US knows that it is the Russian government that’s responsible but charges individual officers so as to not cause any kind of international stir.

Even if these six were tried and convicted and sent to prison, nothing would change since I’m sure there are others who could take their place. The directive won’t change, just the people carrying it out.

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Re:Six GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Dep... by jabedude on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:57PM (#24831491)

Yes, because they aren't performing traditional military operations. They were performing espionage and sabotage. The United States would prosecute these Russian military members if they were caught doing the same actions inside the US

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