Russian specialists will work together with their colleagues from the United States in the field of detecting ransomware hackers-this will be facilitated by the agreement concluded by the presidents of the two countries. This was announced on Wednesday at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security by the director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov. According to him, actions are currently being carried out "within the framework of the agreements that were concluded between our presidents." "So, we will work together and hope for reciprocity," the head of the Russian special service said.
Bortnikov noted that strengthening the ties of international terrorist structures in the hacker space poses a threat to the whole world. "Today, a significant threat is the continued expansion and strengthening of the ties of international terrorist structures in the hacker community, their focus on activation in cyberspace. We do not exclude that terrorists may carry out cyber attacks on objects of critical information infrastructure, " the director of the FSB of Russia noted, stressing that in this regard, the complexity of timely identification of the true source of the attack, which means the possibility of provoking acute interstate conflicts, is particularly dangerous.
According to Bortnikov, it is now impossible to solve this problem without the involvement of the entire world community. "We believe that the negotiation process should be expanded under the auspices of the UN in order to harmonize international legal norms in the field of information security. We are ready for a dialogue with all partners who want to form a secure cyberspace," the head of the Russian special service added.
Recall that recently Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is better to combine the efforts of Moscow and Washington in the fight against cybercrime than to quarrel and look for the perpetrators.
In July 2018, the FSB of Russia established the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NCCC). It is designed to detect, prevent and eliminate the consequences of computer attacks and respond to computer incidents.
Ivan Petrov
