{
  "id": "case-radchenko-sec-edgar-hack",
  "slug": "us-v-radchenko-sec-edgar-intrusion",
  "title": "U.S. v. Artem Radchenko (SEC EDGAR Insider Trading Hack)",
  "summary": "Ukrainian cybercriminals who hacked into the SEC EDGAR corporate filing test system, exfiltrating non-public quarterly earnings reports for hundreds of publicly traded companies before their official release to generate $4.1 million in illegal insider trades.",
  "case_number": "2:19-cr-00040",
  "court": "U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey",
  "district": "D.N.J.",
  "country": "United States",
  "opened_at": "2019-01-15",
  "status": "fugitive",
  "victim_sector": "Regulatory Agencies, Securities Markets, Public Corporations",
  "victim_country": "United States",
  "loss_amount_usd": 4100000,
  "loss_amount_note": "Generated $4.1 million in illegal trading profits using stolen corporate filings.",
  "first_seen_at": "2016-05-01T00:00:00Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2026-07-05T11:00:00Z",
  "actor_slug": "edgar-hack-syndicate",
  "defendant_slugs": [
    "artem-radchenko"
  ],
  "cves": [],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "technique_id": "T1190",
      "evidence_excerpt": "Radchenko exploited a software vulnerability in the SEC EDGAR test server software to extract unpublished draft 8-K and 10-Q reports.",
      "evidence_locator": "Indictment \u00b6 14, Page 8",
      "mapping_status": "reviewed",
      "mapped_by": "rule",
      "source_title": "Indictment: U.S. v. Radchenko",
      "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-ukrainian-nationals-indicted-computer-hacking-and-securities-fraud-scheme",
      "technique_name": "Exploit Public-Facing Application",
      "tactic": "Initial Access"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "event_type": "indictment",
      "event_date": "2019-01-15",
      "description": "Grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, indicts Radchenko and Oleksandr Ieremenko for computer fraud and wire fraud."
    }
  ]
}