Group-IB CEO Ilya Sachkov is a member of expert committees under the State Duma, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Council of Europe and the OSCE in the field of cybercrime, has repeatedly participated in meetings of President Vladimir Putin. https://t.co/UrOWlPLLuc
— Bob Keeler (@puxfreak) September 29, 2021
In a new press release, Group-IB confirmed its CEO's arrest, said it was confident of his innocence, and announced that the company’s chief technical officer Dmitry Volkov will take over leadership duties for the the time beinghttps://t.co/A0bVdF8MY9
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) September 29, 2021
This is a pretty shocking development and not quite sure just yet what’s behind it. Will be interesting to see the cascading effects on Group-IB’s global operations. https://t.co/klnUTrqWOA
— Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) September 29, 2021
Police reportedly raided cybersecurity firm Group-IB’s Moscow headquarters and arrested CEO Ilya Sachkov in connection with a felony case. As recently as July 2020, he was breaking bread with Mishustin. https://t.co/wGo4BYghZv
— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) September 29, 2021
I consider Ilya Sachkov from @GroupIB a showcase of the Russ IT industry. I often asked for comments, told students about him, and even thought that if I left Kommersant, I would send my resume to his company. Treason is a terrible accusation. In RU such charges usualy mean jail
— Elena Chernenko (@ElenaChernenko) September 29, 2021
New - Group-IB says it is confident CEO Ilya Sachkov is innocent after he was arrested and charged with treason.
— Thomas Brewster (@iblametom) September 29, 2021
Sachkov has previously been awarded by Russia, pictured with Putin, helped Interpol on major cybercrime cases and had plans to go public...https://t.co/crhM0AFE8D
the case MAY be related to the testimony that a Group IB executive gave in 2014 to the FBI, regarding the investigation into a hacker named Yevgeny Nikulin. Backstory here: https://t.co/E9otDx6ujb
— Mike Eckel (@Mike_Eckel) September 29, 2021
Per TASS reporters, the treason charges are related to Sachkov sharing info with foreign intelligence services, as several people have theorized earlier today.https://t.co/km3FBEEmnY
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) September 29, 2021
TASS source says Group-IB founder Ilya Sachkov is rejecting high treason charges. The source specified that Sachkov's stands accused of passing classified information to a foreign intelligence service, thus inflicting damage on Russia's reputation and national interests. https://t.co/nHPWc4ldU7
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) September 29, 2021
Sachkov made some controversial statements back in a 2020 Bloomberg piece pic.twitter.com/B3eBFmqhOa
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) September 29, 2021
Photo: Vladimir Putin and Ilya Sachkov.
— @mikko (@mikko) September 29, 2021
Source: https://t.co/2slAbpqFYg pic.twitter.com/QLfkvQcO8s
.@GroupIB confirms that Russian law enforcement raided/searched its Moscow offices. "the reason for the search was not yet clear." (nothing about reports that CEO Ilya Sachkov was detained) pic.twitter.com/BBvIq9j5x0
— Mike Eckel (@Mike_Eckel) September 29, 2021
Group-IB's CEO and founder, Ilya Sachkov, was detained in Moscow on state treason charges
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) September 29, 2021
-the company's Moscow offices were also raided on Tuesday, the company confirmed
-the Group-IB CEO will be detained for 2 months, until November 27, 2021https://t.co/nPZWQLGCrO pic.twitter.com/yonqUKpaMs
Reminder: Group IB's head of network security, Nikita Kislitsin, is under indictment in the US for allegedly conspiring to sell hacked data before his time at the company. https://t.co/oTTs6exrSH
— Jeff Stone (@jeffstone500) September 29, 2021
Sachkov is the poster boy for Russia's homegrown cybersecurity talent. Built his own business, showing you can be elite but independent. And then he's hit with treason charges based on secret evidence. Massive story https://t.co/7RIVLaazkp
— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) September 29, 2021
He’s also a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum and cofounder at an 18-year-old company that’s made a big name for itself over the last two decades.
— Thomas Brewster (@iblametom) September 29, 2021
This is a big, big deal. https://t.co/CwNfiaPvuB
This is a guy who has met and been photoed with Putin on a number of ocassions, fyi... https://t.co/GlL1Pdwy5K
— Thomas Brewster (@iblametom) September 29, 2021
Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason https://t.co/yV405JpJYc via @Reuters
— 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) (@780thC) September 29, 2021
Russia arrests top cybersecurity executive in treason case
— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) September 29, 2021
Ilya Sachkov, 35, who founded Group IB, one of Russia's most prominent cyber security firms, was arrested on Tuesdayhttps://t.co/7ToZgHjZL3
One of those news stories that seems like a huge deal, yet we have no idea what's actually happening. https://t.co/67gYp1XoJc
— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) September 29, 2021
?BOOM?Russia arrests Ilya Sachkov, the top cybersecurity executive at IB Group in treason case. Interesting timing as Alfa Bank - Trump Tower server story is back in the news. cc @jpanzer https://t.co/FBvRiAnn6D
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) September 29, 2021
Well this is sexy. No matter who the foreign powers, this is going to get very interesting. https://t.co/uz2dXGkKMj
— Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan) September 29, 2021
Ilya Sachkov, founder of prominent Russian cyber security firm Group-IB, arrested for two months on suspicion of state treasonhttps://t.co/cHfzF4ld4D
— Oleg Shakirov (@shakirov2036) September 29, 2021
Russia arrests top cybersecurity executive in treason case https://t.co/ETGLPIJwMZ
— Joseph Menn (@josephmenn) September 29, 2021
Sachkov is the poster boy for Russia's homegrown cybersecurity talent. Built his own business, showing you can be elite but independent. And then he's hit with treason charges based on secret evidence. Massive story https://t.co/7RIVLaazkp
— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) September 29, 2021
ロシアの脅威インテリジェンスサービス企業のGroup-IBの創業者兼CEOが反逆罪で検挙、同社オフィスが家宅捜索を受けているとの報道。https://t.co/1Y4dYL0qME
— Yuu Arai (@yarai1978) September 29, 2021
ロシアのサイバーセキュリティ企業Group-IBの創設者が反逆罪で逮捕される
— SttyK (してぃーきっず) (@SttyK) September 29, 2021
Group-IB founder arrested in Moscow on state treason charges https://t.co/dytwXAyDJo
Russian law enforcement agencies have raided the office of cybersecurity company Group-IB and detained its founder and chief executive officer on state treason charges https://t.co/uTRv6UhpyI
— The Record by Recorded Future (@TheRecord_Media) September 29, 2021
?ロシアのサイバーセキュリティ企業 Group-IB の創設者が反逆罪によりモスクワで逮捕
— Calusari (@dexderrewedd447) September 29, 2021
Group-IB founder arrested in Moscow on state treason charges https://t.co/DDfssMef2O