Security News > 2021 > January > Russian government warns of US retaliatory cyberattacks

The Russian government has issued a security warning to organizations in Russia about possible retaliatory cyberattacks by the USA for the SolarWinds breach.

The US government believes that this attack was conducted by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group whose goal was to steal cloud data such as email and files from high profile US corporations and government agencies.

While Russia has continued to deny its involvement in the attacks, as first reported by ZDNet, the Russia's NKTsKI issued a warning to Russian organizations to improve their networks' security.

"In the face of constant accusations of involvement in organizing computer attacks against The Russian Federation by representatives of the United States and their allies, as well as threats from their side"Retaliatory" attacks on critical information infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation, we recommend take the following measures to improve the security of information resource," translates NKTsKI's ALRT-20210121.

In an alert translated as "On the threat of targeted computer attacks," the NKTsKI warns Russian organizations and agencies to perform the following steps to increase network security.

In the past, the USA has avoided performing public retaliations on other countries that conducted cyberattacks against the USA. If retaliatory attacks by the US occur, they will likely not be publicly disclosed.

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