Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID

CYB0022

OFSI group ID

15044

Designation type

Entity

Date designated

24 March 2022

Last updated

9 April 2025

Regimes

• The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Designation sources

• UK

Sanctions imposed

• Asset freeze
• Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

• The Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) was responsible for a cyber attack on a petro-chemical company in August 2017. The cyber attack gained remote access to the Safety Instrumented Systems connected to the Industrial Control System of a petrochemical refinery. This shut down the plant for over a week. There is evidence to suggest that the shutdown was inadvertent while TsNIIKhM were attempting to cause a highly dangerous physical consequence through disabling the safety systems, which could have included an explosion. These actions caused economic loss and prejudice to commercial interests and/or was intended to undermine the security and prosperity of a country other than the United Kingdom.

Other information

• The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

• Lines: 16a Nagatinskaya Street
• Lines: Moscow
• Country: Russia