Great Britain believes that Russia’s actions in cyberspace are aimed at undermining the foundations of democratic societies. This is stated in the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country of Dominic Raab, with which he will soon speak at the conference of the National Cyber Security Center of the United Kingdom, reports TASS.
According to the text of the speech, “hostile state actors and criminal groups” want to undermine the foundations of British democracy. In speech, the Minister notes that Russia should pursue criminals who act from its territory, and not cover them.
In this case, according to Raaba, “authoritarian regimes, including North Korea, Iran, Russia and China, use digital technologies for sabotage and data theft.” The minister during the speech is going to declare the need to clarify the application of the rules in cyberspace and how countries plan to defend themselves from those states that do not comply with the principles to achieve malicious purposes.
Earlier, the spokesman for the White House, Jen Psaki, tied Russia with a hacker attack on the COLONIAL PIPELINE Pipeline operator. According to her, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) found that Kiberatak took place from the Russian territory. The US President’s spokesman noted that Moscow must “act responsibly” in connection with this incident.
On May 8, Colonial Pipeline company, which is the largest in the US operator of fuel pipelines, reported that it was attacked by a virus-extortionist. CNN argued that the kiberat was worth a grouping of Russian hackers and their Darkside community. The TV channel stressed that due to the kiberataka, the work of the pipeline providing fuel 45 percent of the US Eastern Coast population was suspended.