On Thursday, Russia warned the West that cyberattacks on its infrastructure risked leading to direct military confrontation.
On Thursday, Russia warned the West that cyberattacks on its infrastructure risk leading to direct military confrontation and that efforts to challenge Moscow in the cyber sphere will have to respond. targeted countermeasures.
The warning comes after the website of the Russian Housing Ministry appeared to be hacked over the weekend, with an internet search of the site leading to a sign reading “Glory to Ukraine” in Ukrainian.
In a statement, the State Department said that Russia’s critical infrastructure and state institutions were being hacked, and pointed out that figures in the United States and Ukraine were responsible.
“Rest assured, Russia will not leave provocations unanswered,” it said. “All of our steps will be measured, targeted, consistent with our laws and international law.”
The statement, issued by the head of the Department of International Information Security, said Washington was “deliberately lowering the threshold for the use of information technology”.
“The West’s militarization of the information space, and its efforts to turn it into an arena of interstate confrontation, has greatly increased the threat of a direct military clash with dire consequences. measure,” it said.
The websites of many state-owned companies and news organizations have been subjected to sporadic hacking attempts since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, often to display information to the contrary. Moscow’s official statement on the conflict.
Moscow said it was carrying out a “special military operation” in the neighboring country to disarm and protect it from the Nazis. Ukraine and Western countries reject Russia’s claim as a pretext for an illegal invasion.
President Vladimir Putin in May said the number of cyberattacks on Russia by foreign “state structures” had increased many times over and called on the country to strengthen its IT security.
