{
  "id": "case-khusyaynova-lakhta",
  "slug": "us-v-khusyaynova-project-lakhta",
  "title": "U.S. v. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova (Project Lakhta)",
  "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.",
  "case_number": "1:18-mj-00464",
  "court": "U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia",
  "district": "E.D. Va.",
  "country": "United States",
  "opened_at": "2018-09-28",
  "status": "fugitive",
  "victim_sector": "Electoral Systems, Social Media, Public Institutions",
  "victim_country": "United States",
  "loss_amount_usd": 35000000,
  "loss_amount_note": "Managed an operating budget exceeding $35 million for covert information warfare activities.",
  "first_seen_at": "2014-04-01T00:00:00Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2026-07-25T11:00:00Z",
  "actor_slug": "project-lakhta",
  "defendant_slugs": [
    "elena-khusyaynova"
  ],
  "cves": [],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "technique_id": "T1584",
      "evidence_excerpt": "Operatives purchased thousands of virtual private servers and compromised proxy networks in the United States to disguise Russian origins.",
      "evidence_locator": "Criminal Complaint \u00b6 24, Page 12",
      "mapping_status": "reviewed",
      "mapped_by": "rule",
      "source_title": "Complaint: U.S. v. Khusyaynova",
      "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-charged-interfering-us-political-system",
      "technique_name": "Compromise Infrastructure",
      "tactic": "Resource Development"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "event_type": "indictment",
      "event_date": "2018-09-28",
      "description": "Criminal complaint filed charging Khusyaynova with conspiracy to defraud the United States."
    }
  ]
}