Cybelorification

The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Russian military intelligence of the GRU of organizing cyber attacks around the world, which, according to the diplomatic department, were directed against political institutions, business, media and sports.

“Today, Great Britain and its allies can expose the GRU, Russian military intelligence, the company of indiscriminate and reckless cyber attacks directed against political institutions, business, the media and sports,” the statement said.

Presentation of cyber protection programs at the National Cybersecurity Center of Great Britain ncsc.gov.uk

At the same time, the Foreign Ministry refers to the data of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC), which found out that the large number of “cybersubjects”, which became the organizers of cyber attacks throughout the planet, actually costs GRU. “These attacks were committed in violation of international law, affected citizens of a large number of states, including Russia, and cost the national economy millions of pounds,” the Foreign Ministry noted.

The statement lists the incidents that, according to NCSC, were “almost definitely organized by GRU. Among them is the launch of the BAD Rabbit -Sipper in October 2017, the hacking of the WADA database and the organization of data leaks in August 2017, the hacking of the US Democratic Party employees in August 2016, the hacking and theft of content from many postal accounts “Small British Television Station” in 2015 in 2015. In addition, a massive attack on Ukrainian financial, energy and government institutions in 2017, as well as the infection of thousands of computers with Trojan VPNFILter , is named.

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Interestingly, almost simultaneously about Russian cyberosis, they also spoke in Washington. True, in a slightly different way. Reuters reports that US Vice President Michael Pence will make a statement that the attempts of Russian intervention in US affairs are only a pale shadow of what China actually does. According to the agency, Pence will tell that, according to American intelligence, China's activity is aimed at both state and local authorities of the United States and individual officials, Beijing seeks to use any disagreement between federal and local levels in politics.

One of the reasons for this activity isa trade war that unfolded between Washington and Beijing. One example of China’s activity is the threat of a license to do business license to a large American corporation if she refuses to oppose the policy of the administration of Donald Trump.

Michael Pence Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Follow/Flickr.com

However, for Russia it may be more interesting that Washington intends to officially declare the readiness to carry out defensive and attacking operations in cyberspace at the request of NATO allies in the coming days. About this, in any case, as TASS reports with reference to AP, said the deputy assistant to the head of the Pentagon for International Security, Katherine Wilbarger. According to her, these steps of the American administration are a response to the actions of Moscow. “Russia is constantly conducting operations in cyberspace and information sphere,” she said. The US authorities believe that even the very fact of a public statement on this subject will play the role of a restraining factor.

At the same time, at a press conference in Georgia, the General Secretary of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said that the “Center for Response to Cyberincents” will appear in Ukraine. “NATO is now helping Ukraine in creating a center for response to cyberincents, which will become one of the ways to help her cope with incidents or attempts to interfere, invasion or hacking her cyberseches,” he said .

Jens Stoltenberg in Georgia Nato/Flickr.com

Stoltenberg said that NATO through target funds today supports the strengthening of Ukraine's cybersecurity. “Through the target fund for cyber protection, we finance and support the initiatives to strengthen cyber protection and cyberspan of Ukraine. We also help them protect their own networks and infrastructure, ”he said.