Security News > 2020 > November > Russia Denies Microsoft Claims of Healthcare Cyber Attacks
Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyber attacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency RIA Novosti it had become "Politically fashionable" to pin the blame for cyber attacks on Moscow.
Last week, Microsoft urged a crackdown on cyber attacks perpetrated by states and "Malign actors" after a spate of hacks disrupted healthcare organisations fighting the coronavirus.
The US tech giant said the attacks came from Russia and North Korea.
The Kremlin has previously denied US claims that Russian military intelligence was behind cyber attacks targeting Ukraine's power grid, the 2017 French election and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, describing them as "Russophobia".
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