A “WORLD CLASS” Russian hacker on the FBI’s most needed checklist is rumoured to have been arrested out in Thailand after years on the run.
Thai cops consider they’ve detained the Russian GRU army intelligence agent linked to 2 main hacks on the Hillary Clinton election marketing campaign and the Skripal novichok poisonings.
The suspected 35-year-old tremendous hacker is being held on the vacationer island of Phuket.
Officers are but to call the person however he has lengthy been suspected of being Alexey Lukashev.
Russian-linked Telegram channel VOT TAK introduced earlier as we speak: “The Russian ‘world-class hacker’ arrested in Thailand could also be GRU officer Aleksey Lukashev.”
Photos from his detention – although blurred – present a hanging likeness to the FBI needed checklist image of Lukashev.
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He seems to be across the similar age and FBI brokers are recognized to have been in Thailand because the operation unfolded.
The Thai authorities stated that they had obtained intelligence from the FBI indicating an alleged cyber prison accused of “breaching safety methods and attacking authorities companies in Europe and the US” was visiting Phuket.
The goal arrived in Thailand on October, 30, 2025 by way of Phuket Worldwide Airport.
He was arrested in a resort on the FBI’s request after being positioned below surveillance previous to being held.
Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau stated: “The suspect was arrested at a resort within the Thalang district of Phuket province.
“His digital units, together with laptops, cellphones and digital wallets, have been seized for forensic examination.”
He’s now on account of face authorized strikes linked to extradition to the US.
A Thai supply added: “The suspect has been formally charged as an individual requested for extradition by a overseas nation.
“FBI officers noticed the proceedings, and the suspect has been handed over to the Legal professional Common’s Workplace to provoke an official extradition request below the extradition treaty between the governments of Thailand and the USA.”
Not solely is Lukashev on the FBI’s Most Wished checklist however he’s additionally below critical UK sanctions.
He’s accused of being “concerned in related cyber exercise together with the concentrating on of Yuliya Skripal with X-Agent.”
David Lammy, then the British overseas secretary, formally introduced the sanctions which features a journey ban and the freezing of his property.
Lammy additionally named Lukashev as being concerned within the hacked emails of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s daughter Yulia earlier than the pair have been poisoned with nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury again in 2018.
Over within the US, he’s accused of being man behind the profitable phishing of the e-mail account belonging to Hillary Clinton’s marketing campaign chairman, John Podesta.
On each side of the Atlantic, he’s accused of main cyberattacks concentrating on Western authorities establishments.
In keeping with his FBI web page, Lukashev is taken into account harmful and a flight danger.
Lukashev can also be recognized for utilizing a string of aliases together with ladies, in response to studies.
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He’s a senior lieutenant in Russia’s army intelligence, affiliated with infamous “hacking” army unit No. 26165.
