Earlier, The New York Times reported that Washington had recently ramped up its cyberattacks on Russian power grid. However, US President Donald Trump dismissed the report as “not true” and accused the media outlet of “treason”.
Russia has detected multiple attempts by US security services to carry out cyber-attacks against control systems of Russian infrastructure. According to an anonymous source in a Russian security service, Moscow has noticed an increase in the number of attacks, especially those targeting the transportation, banking, and energy sectors of the economy.
The source stated that such actions can be qualified as signs of a cyberwar, but added that Russia has so far managed to neutralise the US efforts in conducting cyberattacks.
Previously, Kremlin Spokesmen Dmitry Peskov warned that if US agencies are conducting cyberattacks “without notifying the head of state” about them, then there could be “signs of cyberwar and cyberwarfare aimed at Russia”.
Peskov further stated that some of Russia's vital economic spheres have suffered and are continuing to suffer due to cyberattacks from abroad. He added that the country's agencies are constantly working to prevent these attacks from doing substantial harm to the Russian economy.
The Kremlin spokesman also pointed out that Moscow has made multiple attempts to initiate international cooperation in the area of countering cyberattacks, but the US has consistently…
