Media learned about Russia and the United States plans to hold talks on cyber security – RBC

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Senior officials from Russia and the United States this week in Geneva to hold talks on cyber security in Geneva, learned CNN. Country representatives will revise signed in 2013. The agreement

Meeting with Russian representatives on cybersecurity, to be attended by officials from the White House, State Department and the FBI, will be held this week in Geneva, said on Monday, April 18 , CNN, citing sources.

A senior official from the administration of US President told the TV channel that the negotiations will be revised agreement in the field of cyber-security prisoners Russia and the United States in 2013.

As noted CNN, talks will be held after the attacks of hackers on the Ukrainian grid, which in December last year has led to power outages in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Senior officials in the US security think that behind this attack are Russian hackers, but the Obama administration is in no hurry to officially blamed on Russia, underscores CNN.

The cooperation on cyber security between Moscow and Washington was reduced in 2014 after joining the Crimea Russia, opposed by the US. According to Russian officials, which refers to CNN, the planned meeting indicates a return to normal relations, but US officials are trying to downplay the importance of the Geneva meeting.

«This meeting is not a reset Working Group Bilateral Presidential Commission (the license was suspended in 2014), but it is in our interest to discuss with the Russian cyber security issues, including the revision signed in 2013, bilateral agreements in the field of cyber-security “, – he told CNN source

One of the measures in the framework of these agreements was the creation. hotline for cooperation between Russian and US officials in emergency cases. According to the channel source, the hotline is continuing its work.

Russia has repeatedly been accused of involvement in the hacking attacks in other countries. Last October, the president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov called the allegations unfounded. “We are becoming the same victim to hacker attacks,” – he said, adding that the purpose of such attacks could be any country

The fact that Russian hackers may be involved in the attack on the Ukrainian energy system, stated the American experts. cybersecurity. In February, the Deputy Minister of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, according to CNN, also accused in the attack Russia during his speech at a meeting of representatives of the industry.

Analysts large companies in the field of IT-security noted that hacking has become one of the first attack, which could affect the lives of ordinary citizens. In companies iSight, Trend Micro and ESET noted that the attack used software known as BlackEnergy. It allows you to place on computer networks program, the ability to change or delete data.

As noted by Reuters, in recent years has repeatedly BlackEnergy enjoyed a Russian hacker group Sandworm. In particular, the participants in the suspected attack on NATO and the EU computers.