MOSCOW, July 7-RIA Novosti. The number of particularly dangerous computer attacks, including on critical infrastructure facilities in Russia, has increased 3.5 times over the past year, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters on Wednesday.
"There is an increase in the number of particularly dangerous computer attacks, including on objects of the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation. In 2020, the growth was 3.5 times, " Khramov said, commenting on the updated version of the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation.
He also recalled that over the past 5 years, the total number of computer crimes has increased significantly – from 65 thousand to 510 thousand.
"Such criminal acts cause damage to both commercial structures and citizens. Many of us experienced discomfort and became unwitting witnesses of fraudulent calls, including from allegedly employees of the security services of banks, " the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council noted.
Khramov clarified that in 2020, a significant part of computer crimes in the Russian Federation were theft and fraud (173 thousand and 210 thousand crimes, respectively).
"It is important to move away from the practice of "patching holes", we need to strive to neutralize potential problems in advance by organizing the concentration of efforts and resources of state bodies, local self-government bodies, organizations and civil society institutions in the most important areas. This approach has led to the allocation of information security as a separate strategic national priority, " he stressed.
As the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev noted in June, over 120 thousand cyber attacks were carried out on Russia's critical infrastructure last year, mostly from the territory of the United States, Germany and the Netherlands.
In early July, it became known that President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the national security strategy of the Russian Federation. The document calls information security a new strategic national priority.
