Cybersecurity

Russian Who Allegedly Exposed US Hack Jailed for 14 Years

Moscow court jails Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov for treason
Sachkov allegedly passed US information about Russian hackers

Ilya Sachkov, center, at Moscow City Court on July 26.Photographer: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images

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By Bloomberg News

July 26, 2023 at 10:36 AM UTC

Updated on

July 26, 2023 at 12:07 PM UTC

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A Moscow court sentenced the founder of Russia’s top cybersecurity firm to 14 years in prison for treason on Wednesday.

Ilya Sachkov, 37, who’d built up Group-IB into a security business that expanded into Europe, Asia and the Middle East, was ordered to serve the sentence at a strict-regime prison colony, state-run Tass news service reported. His lawyer, Sergei Afanasyev, told Bloomberg News that Sachkov, who was detained in September 2021 and denied wrongdoing, will appeal the conviction.