Court orders house arrest for accused of cyberattack on pizza chain

Tversky district court of Moscow sent under house arrest Denis Fridman, accused in the case of a large-scale cyber attack on the IT-system of the network of pizzerias, the press service of the Moscow city court reported.

“The Tversky district court of Moscow granted the petition of the investigation and chose a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest until December 8, 2026 against Fridman Denis Alekseevich”, – stated in the message.

According to TASS, we are talking about the network “Dodo Pizza”.

Fridman is accused under paragraph "a", "in" part 3 of article 272.1 of the criminal code of Russia (illegal trafficking of computer information containing personal data). The maximum penalty under this article is 6 years imprisonment.

Dodo Pizza reported a cyberattack on its IT system on September 27 and 28. According to the company, the attackers could gain access to the names, addresses, phones, email, dates of birth and information about the orders of some customers. Payment data was not affected. The company blocked the access of the attackers, began an internal inspection and notified Roskomnadzor.