
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added two Russians to its cybersecurity sanctions list.
Denis Degtyarenko and Yulia Pankratova were subject to restrictions.
According to the US Treasury Department, they lead the hacker group Cyber Army Reborn RUSSIA (CARR).
"These two individuals are the group's leader and main hacker, respectively," the ministry said in a press release.
“The efforts by CARR and its members to target our critical infrastructure pose an unacceptable threat to our citizens and our communities with potentially dangerous consequences,” said Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson.
The ministry has put Pankratova and Degtyarenko on the wanted list. According to the department, CARR has been carrying out DDoS attacks in Ukraine and countries supporting Ukraine since 2022 .
The agency said CARR began targeting critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe in late 2023, and in January 2024 , the organization claimed responsibility for overflowing water storage tanks in Texas, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of gallons of water.
In March 2024, OFAC imposed sanctions against Russian companies Atomize and Lighthouse. They were included in the US sanctions SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals List). Then, four individuals and 19 companies were subject to new sanctions. Of these, two were Russians and 18 were legal entities.