The United States on July 19 imposed sanctions on two leaders of the Russian hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR). The U.S. Treasury and State departments said the two were designated for their roles in targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that CARR also conducted malicious cyberactivities against Ukraine and governments that support Ukraine. The Treasury Department named the two as Yulia Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, saying they were the group's leader and a primary hacker. Brian Nelson, undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said CARR and its members' efforts to target U.S. critical infrastructure "represent an unacceptable threat to our citizens and our communities, with potentially dangerous consequences."
