Foreign National Indicted and Extradited to the United States for Role in Two Russia-Linked Cyber Hacking Groups

Foreign National Indicted and Extradited to the United States for Role in Two Russia-Linked Cyber Hacking Groups

Conspiracy charges against defendant allege attacks against U.S. public water systems

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/foreign-national-indicted-and-extradited-united-states-role-two-russia-linked-cyber


December 9, 2025 Contact Information
EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

WASHINGTON — On December 9, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) announced that a Ukrainian national has been charged with participating in conjunction with two Russia-linked criminal groups that conducted dozens of cyberattacks internationally, including against the United States.

The indictments against Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, 33, also known as Vika, Tory, and SovaSonya, were unsealed today in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Today, Dubranova was arraigned on a second indictment charging her for her actions supporting NoName057(16) (NoName). Dubranova pleaded not guilty in both cases, and is scheduled to begin trial in the NoName matter on Feb. 3, 2026, and on April 7, 2026, for the CARR matter.

Dubranova was extradited to the United States earlier this year on an indictment charging her for her actions supporting CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn (CARR), also known as Z-Pentest. CARR was founded, funded, and directed by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU). CARR has conducted dozens of destructive cyberattacks around the world, including attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States.

The CARR indictment charges Dubranova with one count of conspiracy to damage protected computers and tamper with public water systems, one count of damaging protected computers, one count of access device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft.

“The defendant’s illegal actions to tamper with the nation’s public water systems put communities and the nation’s drinking water resources at risk,” said EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Craig Pritzlaff. “These criminal charges serve as an unequivocal warning to malicious cyber actors in the U.S. and abroad: EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and our law enforcement partners will not tolerate threats to our nation’s water infrastructure and will pursue justice against those who endanger the American public. EPA is unwavering in its commitment to clean, safe water for all Americans.”

“Today’s actions demonstrate the Department’s commitment to disrupting malicious Russian cyber activity — whether conducted directly by state actors or their criminal proxies — aimed at furthering Russia’s geopolitical interests,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “We remain steadfast in defending essential services, including food and water systems Americans rely on each day, and holding accountable those who seek to undermine them.”....