US imposes sanctions on 3 Russian individuals, 5 firms

US imposes sanctions on 3 Russian individuals, 5 firms

Moscow: The United States has imposed sanctions on three Russian individuals and five companies over military and intelligence hacking.

In a statement, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the individual and workers had worked with Moscow’s military and intelligence services on ways to conduct cyber attacks against the United States and its allies.

Moscow had no immediate comment on the new sanctions. (Reuters)