Russia's largest security company CEO arrested for treason, he denies charges


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Group-IB CEO Elya Sachikov, who has been investigating the link between hundreds of pirated sites and criminal organizations over the years, has been suspected of treason for 'passing data to foreign intelligence organizations.' Arrested by Russian authorities. Group-IB has issued a statement that CEO Sachikov is innocent.

Group-IB confident in the innocence of Ilya Sachkov. Co-founder Dmitry Volkov to assume leadership of the company – Global Cyber Security Company – Group-IB
https://www.group-ib.com/media/official-statement-sachkov-innocence/

Основатель Group-IB не признает вину в передаче секретных данных иностранной разведке --Происшестви
https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/12533055

Песков счел, что арест основателя Group-IB не повлияет на деловой климат в РФ
https://www.interfax.ru/russia/794266

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Group-IB website was defaced before CEO's treason arrest • The Register
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Russian authorities searched Group-IB headquarters on September 27, 2021 and arrested CEO Sadchikov on September 28. By court order, CEO Sachikov is expected to be detained for at least two months. If the trial finds treason, you can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Sadchikov denied allegations of treason and denied 'cooperating with foreign intelligence agencies to cause rumors and national damage to Russia's interests,' according to Russia's state-run news agency Tass. It is said that it is doing. The indictment against CEO Sachikov is labeled 'confidential,' so details have not been revealed.

'CEO Sachikov is innocent and confident that his work is complete,' Group-IB said in a statement on its official website, co-founder even if CEO Sachikov is detained. Dmitri Volkov has represented the CEO and announced that the company will continue to operate normally.



Sadchikov is an associate professor at the Bauman Institute of Technology in Russia in parallel with the CEO of Group-IB, and was selected as one of the '30 Notable Young People Under 30' by the American economic magazine Forbes in 2016. A person who has also been. In the past, he has been honored by President Vladimir Putin as an outstanding entrepreneur.



Founded by CEO Sadchikov, Group-IB is a cybersecurity company founded in Russia and legally based in Singapore at the time of writing. Group-IB has been actively investigating piracy in Russia, and in 2019 GroupIB will be a huge pirated content delivery network that will provide tens of thousands of movies and TV shows to illegal pirated streaming sites. We have released a report on CDN). Based on this report, the Motion Picture Association , an American film industry group, is taking legal action against the applicable pirated CDN.

As a cybersecurity company, he also contracted with law enforcement agencies around the world to investigate online crime. According to the profile of CEO Sadchikov in the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, a cybersecurity think tank, 'we are involved in more than 80% of the hottest investigations in the field of cybercrime by Russia and government agencies. '.



Russian non-government news agency Interfax said, 'This arrest has nothing to do with our business or investment environment. CEO Sachikov's allegations are not about the economy,' said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian presidential office. It is a treason against the nation. ' Meanwhile, President Boris Titov, who is in charge of protecting the rights of entrepreneurs, expressed concern that 'the arrest of CEO Sachikov will have a very negative impact on investment in the IT field.'

In addition, a person who said that he had a business relationship with CEO Sachikov anonymously said, 'Since CEO Sachikov was in the cyber security industry, he was always in a legally gray position. Maybe CEO Sachikov is on the line. It may have gone beyond, or it may have done something that would hurt someone's interests, 'said Sachikov, suggesting that CEO Sachikov may have stepped on the tiger's tail.

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