Good morning, thank you for being here today. Im mary mccord, acting director for the division of the department of jus tuss. With me, executive assistant director paul bayne, us District Attorney for the district of california, and the national rector of affairs. Were here t announce a major law enrcent action related to one of the largest data breaches in rites history. Were the defendants include two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service, an agescy of the Russian Federation and two criminal hackers with whom they conspired to accomplish these intrusions. Demetry both f. S. C. Officers protected, directed, facilitated and paid criminal hackers to collect information through computer intrusions in the United States and elsewhere. They worked with coconspirators baritov yan and ka rim to hack into computers of American Companies providing internet and email related services. To maintain unauthorized access to those computers and to steal information, including information ab