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Russia says it has been a victim of US cyber attacks
The New York Times reported on Saturday that the US had increased computer intrusions into the grid and other Russian targets as a way of warning Moscow, suspected of doing so in the United States, for a possible cyber attack in the event of conflict between the two countries.
Today, Russian government spokesman Dmitri Peskov admitted to being aware of these cyber attack operations by the US and recalled that recently President Vladimir Putin has proposed to his US counterpart Donald Trump cooperation in the field of cybercrime. security.
"Several of our financial organizations, our media, our institutions and our infrastructure have been attacked for several years, coming from Western countries, including the US," Peskov said.
"This is a serious problem," the Kremlin spokesman said, referring to information released by the New York newspaper.
According to officials of the US authorities, quoted by the newspaper, Donald Trump was not informed about the details of these actions.
The article angered the President of the United States, who criticized the disclosure of the information, saying that it was a "virtual act of treason," considering that the newspaper was "corrupt" and that its journalists were "enemies of the people."
According to a security source quoted by the Russian news agency Ria Novosti as saying on Monday, the United States has been seeking to damage Russia's transport, energy and banking infrastructures in the context of "cyber-war" procedures for years.
Today, Russian intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said cyber attacks against Russia by Western countries are underway.
"We have already reported this to our Government," the official said at a security services meeting without further details.
Russia is accused by Western countries of being behind a series of global cyber attacks in recent years, including intrusion into US Democratic Party computers during the 2016 presidential elections, as well as the use of social networks to promote causes in several foreign countries. Ag. Lusa