Ukrainian hacktivists expose Russian officer who meddled with 2016 US election

Viktor Borisovich Netyksho had his personal data leaked on 20 May by the Kiber Sprotyv hacktivist group, which name translates to “cyber resistance”, and it infiltrated the email address of his wife, Oxana Netyksho. Alongside the personal data, a photo of Netyksho was also made public for the first time.

Kiber Sprotyv claims to have breached the online accounts of Viktor Borisovich Netyksho's wife.
Netyksho is one of the 12 GRU officers that interfered in the 2016 US Presidential Election. He is also the only one whose picture the DoJ never released. pic.twitter.com/X4Yw0Nm6rQ

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Netyksho is wanted by the FBI for his role in interfering with the 2016 US presidential election. He was part of a group of 12 GRU officers, the other 11 of which the FBI had photos of.

As the bureau struggled to source an image, Netyksho had remained invisible until now.

The Ukrainian hacking group had gained access to Oxana’s email months prior to its leak a few days ago, but the hacktivists waited to publish the information in an effort to spoil a planned holiday to Netyksho’s hometown of Chita.

After the information was leaked, the plane tickets were cancelled, likely believing that travel would be too dangerous.

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The personal data of Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Alexandrovich Morgachev, who worked for Netyksho at the GRU, was also published online.

Prior to the latest incident, Kiber Sprotyv identified Colonel Sergey Atroshchenko as the officer behind the Mariupol drama theatre bombing that occurred early in the war in Ukraine in March last year. About 600 people were killed, including children.

Additionally, the hacktivist group also infiltrated the AliExpress account of Mikhail Luchin, a Russian war influencer and spent US$25,000, which would have been used to obtain drones for Russia, on sex toys.