Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has complained about an increase in hacker attacks on Russia since the start of his war of aggression against Ukraine. “In short, a real aggression, a war in the IT sphere, was launched against Russia,” Putin told a state television meeting of the National Security Council on Friday. Accordingly, the attacks were coordinated by foreign secret services.
“Today it can already be said that this cyber-aggression against us and the sanctions against Russia in general have failed.” Due to the ongoing risk situation, Putin ordered a new security strategy in the IT sector to be implemented by 2025.
Foreign virus scanners are prohibited
To digitize the economy, the risks of using foreign software and technology must be minimized. According to the Russian president, the use of foreign antivirus programs will be banned from 2025.
Since the war against Ukraine ordered by Putin, a number of state institutions in Russia and large companies have been attacked by hackers. In some cases, websites were paralyzed, in others large amounts of data were sucked, including personal data of Russian citizens.
Source: Krone
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