CASE DOSSIER fugitive

U.S. v. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova (Project Lakhta)

Docket: 1:18-mj-00464 Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Opened: 2018-09-28 Sector: Electoral Systems, Social Media, Public Institutions

Key Facts

Status

FUGITIVE

Legal disposition

Loss Amount

$35.0 million

Managed an operating budget exceeding $35 million for covert information warfare activities.

Techniques

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Defendants

Named in charges

Legal Status: FUGITIVE in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Primary Target Sector: Electoral Systems, Social Media, Public Institutions.
Documented Financial Loss: $35.0 million.
1 verified MITRE ATT&CK techniques substantiated with verbatim court excerpts.

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Case Summary

Russian chief accountant charged with managing the financial administration of Project Lakhta, a massive state-funded covert influence and cyber operation designed to sow political discord in U.S. elections.

Procedural & Incident Timeline

2018-09-28 indictment

Criminal complaint filed charging Khusyaynova with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Named Defendants & Operatives

Defendant	Nationality	Status	Prison Term	Restitution	Notes
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova	Russian Federation	fugitive	Pending	None	Chief financial accountant for Project Lakhta information warfare operation.

Substantiated MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

Technique ID	Technique Name & Tactic	Primary Source Evidence Excerpt	Locator	Verification
T1584	Compromise Infrastructure Resource Development	"Operatives purchased thousands of virtual private servers and compromised proxy networks in the United States to disguise Russian origins."	Criminal Complaint ¶ 24, Page 12	reviewed

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Cyberattack Case Library, U.S. v. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova (Project Lakhta), No. 1:18-mj-00464 (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 2018), https://cyberattackcaselibrary.pages.dev/cases/us-v-khusyaynova-project-lakhta/

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