Ilya Sachkov
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The Fall of a Russian Cyberexecutive Who Went Against the Kremlin
Ilya Sachkov, who’s been charged with treason in Russia, is alleged to have given the U.S. information about the “Fancy Bear” operation that sought to influence the U.S. election.
At a business awards ceremony in February 2019 at the Kremlin, a young cybersecurity entrepreneur named Ilya Sachkov chatted with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As cameras rolled, Sachkov invited Putin to visit the Moscow offices of his company, Group-IB, to see its powerful antihacking technologies firsthand. “You’ll definitely be astonished,” he said.