Berserk Bear specializes in compromising utilities infrastructure, especially that belonging to companies responsible for water or energy distribution.
[6] Berserk Bear has also targeted many state, local, and tribal government and aviation networks in the U.S., and as of October 1, 2020, had exfiltrated data from at least two victim servers.
Evgeny Gladkikh (Russian: Евгений Гладких): is accused of targeting network-connected safety equipment with the intent to gain the capability to sabotage them.
He was indicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia [10] The indictment in the case United States v. Akulov, et al. is focused on members of a team within "Center 16" (Russian: 16-й Центр)[a] an FSB component also known as Military Unit 71330 (Russian: Bойсковая часть B/Ч 71330).
The British Foreign Office states that the full name of Center 16 is "Radio-Electronic Intelligence by Means of Communication" (TsRRSS); Russian: Центр радиоэлектронной разведки на средствах связи (ЦPPCC)[11] The U.S. v. Akulov case was filed within the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.