CASE REPOSITORY
All Cyberattack Case Records
A structured legal record of real computer intrusions and cybercrime conspiracies, verified through sworn grand jury indictments and official disclosures.
Key Facts
- 46 major cyberattack prosecutions, state-sponsored campaigns, and commercial breach disclosures.
- 23 cases have concluded with formal sentencing orders entered in federal court.
- Cumulative documented financial losses exceed $30.6 billion.
- Every case entry links directly to court docket filings, CISA advisories, or SEC 8-K disclosures.
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| Case Title | Status | Target Sector | Jurisdiction | Financial Loss | Techniques | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. v. Andrienko et al. (Sandworm / GRU Unit 74455)
Docket: 2:20-cr-00316 | fugitive | Energy, Healthcare, Government, Transportation | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | $10.0 billion | 10 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Khoroshev et al. (LockBit Ransomware Operation)
Docket: 2:24-cr-00330 | charged | Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Government, Financial Services | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | $500.0 million | 9 | 2024 |
| Volt Typhoon Critical Infrastructure Pre-Positioning
Docket: CISA-AA24-038A | alleged | Communications, Energy, Transportation, Water, Defense Industrial Base | Federal Law Enforcement Action / FISA Court Authorized Operations | $150.0 million | 9 | 2023 |
| ALPHV / BlackCat Ransomware Attack on Change Healthcare
Docket: SEC CIK 0000731766 | alleged | Healthcare and Public Health | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | $2.5 billion | 6 | 2024 |
| Colonial Pipeline DarkSide Ransomware Attack
Docket: 1:21-mj-00454 | pleaded | Energy, Oil and Gas | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | $4.4 million | 4 | 2021 |
| SolarWinds Orion Supply Chain Intrusion (APT29 / SVR)
Docket: SEC CIK 0001739942 | alleged | Information Technology, Defense, Federal Government, Telecommunications | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $200.0 million | 5 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Hladyr, Kolpakov & Iarmak (FIN7 Cybercrime Syndicate)
Docket: 2:18-cr-00067 | sentenced | Hospitality, Food Services, Retail | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington | $1.0 billion | 7 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Yakubets & Turashev (Evil Corp / Dridex Banking Malware)
Docket: 2:19-cr-00336 | fugitive | Banking, Financial Services, Municipalities, Education | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | $100.0 million | 7 | 2019 |
| U.S. v. Park Jin Hyok (Lazarus Group / Chosun Expo)
Docket: 2:18-mj-01479 | fugitive | Media and Entertainment, Financial Services, Healthcare | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California | $1.3 billion | 7 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Vachon-Desjardins (Netwalker Ransomware)
Docket: 8:20-cr-00366 | sentenced | Healthcare, Education, Municipal Government | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | $21.5 million | 6 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Roman Seleznev (Track2 Point-of-Sale Carding)
Docket: 2:11-cr-00070 | sentenced | Retail, Hospitality, Small Business | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington | $169.0 million | 4 | 2011 |
| U.S. v. Yaroslav Vasinskyi (Kaseya VSA / REvil Ransomware)
Docket: 3:21-cr-00314 | sentenced | Managed Service Providers, Information Technology, Retail, Education | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas | $70.0 million | 5 | 2021 |
| U.S. v. Baratov et al. (Yahoo 2014 Breach / FSB Officers)
Docket: 3:17-cr-00103 | sentenced | Internet Services, Telecommunications | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | $350.0 million | 3 | 2017 |
| U.S. v. Joshua Schulte (CIA Vault 7 Leak)
Docket: 1:17-cr-00548 | sentenced | Intelligence, National Defense, Federal Government | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $500.0 million | 3 | 2017 |
| U.S. v. Sun Kailiang et al. (PLA Unit 61398 / APT1)
Docket: 2:14-cr-00118 | fugitive | Nuclear Energy, Metals, Manufacturing, Clean Energy | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | $100.0 million | 2 | 2014 |
| U.S. v. Albert Gonzalez (TJX & Heartland Payment Systems)
Docket: 1:08-cr-10223 | sentenced | Retail, Financial Payment Processors | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts | $200.0 million | 2 | 2008 |
| U.S. v. Andrei Tyurin (JPMorgan Chase Data Breach)
Docket: 1:15-cr-00393 | sentenced | Financial Services, Banking, Publishing | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $19.0 million | 2 | 2015 |
| U.S. v. Paige Thompson (Capital One Cloud Breach)
Docket: 2:19-cr-00159 | convicted | Financial Services, Cloud Computing | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington | $270.0 million | 3 | 2019 |
| U.S. v. Anatoly Legkodymov (Bitzlato Cryptocurrency Laundering)
Docket: 1:23-cr-00021 | sentenced | Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York | $700.0 million | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Cookie Monster (Genesis Market Takedown)
Docket: Operation Cookie Monster | alleged | Consumer Accounts, Banking, E-Commerce | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | $50.0 million | 2 | 2023 |
| U.S. v. Minh Quoc Nguyen (ChipMixer Cryptocurrency Mixer)
Docket: 2:23-mj-00122 | fugitive | Financial Services, Blockchain Infrastructure | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | $3.0 billion | 2 | 2023 |
| U.S. v. Alla Witte & Vladimir Dunaev (Trickbot Malware Group)
Docket: 1:20-cr-00384 | sentenced | Healthcare, Banking, Local Government | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | $180.0 million | 3 | 2021 |
| U.S. v. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (Tesla Insider Threat Attempt)
Docket: 3:20-cr-00032 | sentenced | Automotive, Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada | $4.0 million | 3 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Marcus Hutchins (Kronos Banking Malware)
Docket: 2:17-cr-00124 | sentenced | Banking, Consumer Finance | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | $1.5 million | 1 | 2017 |
| U.S. v. Yevgeniy Nikulin (LinkedIn & Dropbox Breaches)
Docket: 3:16-cr-00440 | sentenced | Internet Services, Social Media, Cloud Storage | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | $15.0 million | 2 | 2016 |
| U.S. v. Peter Levashov (Kelihos Botnet)
Docket: 3:17-cr-00083 | pleaded | E-Commerce, Consumer Services, Telecommunications | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut | $25.0 million | 1 | 2017 |
| U.S. v. IRGC Actors (CyberAv3ngers Critical Infrastructure Attacks)
Docket: 2:24-cr-00185 | fugitive | Water and Wastewater Systems, Energy | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | $15.0 million | 2 | 2024 |
| U.S. v. Netyksho et al. (APT28 / GRU Unit 26165 DNC Hack)
Docket: 1:18-cr-00215 | fugitive | Political Organizations, Government | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | $10.0 million | 5 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Aleksandr Brovko (Botnet Parsing & Credential Sales)
Docket: 1:20-cr-00037 | sentenced | Consumer Finance, Banking | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | $100.0 million | 1 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Kirill Victorovich Firsov (Deer.io Dark Web Shop)
Docket: 3:20-cr-01053 | sentenced | Consumer Services, E-Commerce, Identity Providers | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California | $17.0 million | 1 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Sergey Medvedev et al. (Infraud Organization)
Docket: 2:17-cr-00360 | sentenced | Financial Services, Consumer Credit, Retail | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada | $568.0 million | 1 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Tyler Barriss (Serial Swatting / Wichita Incident)
Docket: 6:18-cr-10028 | sentenced | Emergency Services, Municipalities, Schools | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas | $1.5 million | 1 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Brett Johnson (ShadowCrew Cybercrime Syndicate)
Docket: 2:04-cr-00725 | sentenced | Banking, Consumer Identity, E-Commerce | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | $4.0 million | 1 | 2004 |
| U.S. v. Max Ray Vision (Iceman / CardersMarket)
Docket: 3:07-cr-00624 | sentenced | Financial Services, Retail | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | $86.0 million | 1 | 2007 |
| U.S. v. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova (Project Lakhta)
Docket: 1:18-mj-00464 | fugitive | Electoral Systems, Social Media, Public Institutions | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | $35.0 million | 1 | 2018 |
| U.S. v. Denis Gennadievich Kulkov (Try2Check Card Checking Service)
Docket: 1:23-cr-00171 | fugitive | Financial Services, Payment Networks | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York | $18.0 million | 1 | 2023 |
| U.S. v. Rui-Siang Siew (Incognito Market Darknet Extortion)
Docket: 1:24-cr-00305 | charged | Consumer Privacy, Cryptocurrency | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $100.0 million | 1 | 2024 |
| U.S. v. Maksim Boiko (QQAAZZ Cyber Laundering Network)
Docket: 2:20-cr-00227 | sentenced | Financial Institutions, Ransomware Victims | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | $20.0 million | 1 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Artem Radchenko (SEC EDGAR Insider Trading Hack)
Docket: 2:19-cr-00040 | fugitive | Regulatory Agencies, Securities Markets, Public Corporations | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | $4.1 million | 1 | 2019 |
| U.S. v. Daniel Rhyne (Industrial Insider Extortion)
Docket: 3:24-cr-00122 | charged | Industrial Manufacturing, Critical Infrastructure | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri | $750,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| Snowflake Customer Multi-Tenant Credential Stuffing Campaign
Docket: SEC CIK 0001640147 | alleged | Telecommunications, Entertainment, Banking, Cloud Services | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California | $150.0 million | 2 | 2024 |
| U.S. v. James Zhong (Silk Road 50,000 Bitcoin Theft)
Docket: 1:22-cr-00594 | sentenced | Cryptocurrency, Darknet Markets | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $3.4 billion | 1 | 2022 |
| U.S. v. Ilya Lichtenstein & Heather Morgan (Bitfinex Hack & Laundering)
Docket: 1:23-cr-00239 | sentenced | Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Financial Services | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | $4.5 billion | 1 | 2022 |
| U.S. v. Ross Ulbricht (Dread Pirate Roberts / Silk Road)
Docket: 1:14-cr-00068 | sentenced | Public Safety, E-Commerce, Controlled Substances | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | $213.0 million | 1 | 2014 |
| U.S. & International Action: Dmitry Badin (German Bundestag Hack)
Docket: German Federal Prosecutor Warrant / U.S. D.D.C. 1:18-cr-00215 | fugitive | Legislative Bodies, National Government | Federal Court of Justice (Germany) & U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | $15.0 million | 1 | 2020 |
| U.S. v. Aleksandr Sikerin & Yevgeniy Polyanin (REvil Operations)
Docket: 3:21-cr-00315 | fugitive | Local Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas | $13.0 million | 1 | 2021 |