Russia has detained a South Korean nationwide for the primary time on cyber espionage expenses and transferred from Vladivostok to Moscow for additional investigation.
The event was first reported by Russian information company TASS.
“In the course of the investigation of an espionage case, a South Korean citizen Baek Gained-soon was recognized and detained in Vladivostok, and put into custody underneath a court docket order,” an unnamed supply was quoted as saying.
Gained-soon has been accused of handing over categorized “high secret” data to unnamed overseas intelligence businesses.
In accordance with the company, Gained-soon was detained in Vladivostok earlier this 12 months and shifted to Moscow late final month. He’s stated to be at present on the Lefortovo pretrial detention heart. His arrest has been prolonged for one more three months, till June 15, 2024.
The detention heart is at present additionally the place the place American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being held, awaiting trial on suspicion of espionage. Gershkovich has denied the fees.
The event comes amid burgeoning geopolitical ties between Russia and North Korea, whilst state-sponsored hacking teams related to the latter have focused the Kremlin to pursue their strategic intelligence-gathering missions.
It additionally comes days after the U.S. arrested a former Google engineer for allegedly stealing proprietary data from the tech big whereas covertly working for 2 China-based firms, together with one based by him final 12 months previous to his resignation.
