Security News > 2021 > March > Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks-a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company.
A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada and exposed camera footage from its customers was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday with conspiracy, wire fraud, and identity theft.
The prosecutors said the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the domain that was used to publish hacked data online.
Swiss authorities raided Kottmann's apartment and seized the hacker's electronic devices at the behest of U.S. authorities.
It's not immediately clear if U.S. prosecutors intend to extradite Kottmann, who still remains at large in Lucerne.
According to court documents, the suspect, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, traveled to the U.S. in July on a tourist visa and made contact with a Russian-speaking employee in an attempt to install malware into the company's computer network with the goal of exfiltrating data and holding it for ransom.