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(Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"28.377698905649\"><body readability=\"58.693056021469\"><\/p>\n<p>As the U.S. government contemplates additional sanctions on Moscow, the United Kingdom went ahead and levied its own Friday against what it said was a group of Russia\u2019s hackers and spies. <\/p>\n<p>The sanctions target 18 military intelligence officers and three divisions of the Russian military unit known as the GRU. Cyber operations in support of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine drew the U.K. targeting of the hackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GRU routinely uses cyber and information operations to sow chaos, division and disorder in Ukraine and across the world with devastating real-world consequences,\u201d reads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-sanctions-russian-spies-at-the-heart-of-putins-malicious-regime\">a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the sanctions also go after the use of malware tied to an attempted assassination of a former Russian double agent residing on U.K. soil and the related poisoning of his daughter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s action also hits GRU military intelligence officers responsible for historically targeting Yulia Skripal\u2019s device with malicious malware known as X-Agent \u2014 five years before GRU military intelligence officers\u2019 failed attempt to murder Yulia and Sergei Skripal with the deadly Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/U.S._v._Viktor_Borisovich_Netyksho,_et_al\">a 2018 U.S. grand jury indictment<\/a>, X-Agent is custom malware that Russia developed to hack the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to interfere in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. sanctioned some of the military officers for spying operations like those involved in the 2022 bombing of Mauripol Theatre, which had been sheltering Ukrainian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S. Congress, lawmakers have been demonstrating some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/18\/g-s1-78058\/congress-russia-sanctions-trump-putin\">rare bipartisan consensus<\/a> on the notion of slapping Moscow with more sanctions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1241\/text\">That legislation<\/a> would likewise seek to punish Russian cyber operations in Ukraine, among other Russian aggression in the former Soviet satellite nation.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, too, has grown impatient with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/07\/15\/trump-threatens-russia-sanctions-bashes-putin-00455596\">threatened further sanctions<\/a> against Moscow and its trade partners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United Kingdom warned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/profile-gru-cyber-and-hybrid-threat-operations\/profile-gru-cyber-and-hybrid-threat-operations\">a separate alert<\/a> Friday that GRU cyber operations could spill over from the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future trajectory of this threat remains uncertain and international partners need to prepare for its redirection and a range of potential scenarios,\u201d the alert states.<\/p>\n<p>The three units drawing U.K. sanctions have been connected to a range of hacking activity, from meddling in elections across the globe to the massive 2017 NotPetya attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGRU spies are running a campaign to destabilise Europe, undermine Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and threaten the safety of British citizens,\u201d said U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy. \u201cThe Kremlin should be in no doubt: we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and we won\u2019t tolerate it. \u2026 Putin\u2019s hybrid threats and aggression will never break our resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full list of those sanctioned on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-sanctions-russian-spies-at-the-heart-of-putins-malicious-regime\">U.K. government\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-sanctions-russian-hackers-spies-as-us-weighs-its-own-punishments-for-russia-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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