Anne Neuberger, the deputy adviser for cyber and technology to the White House National Security Council, made statements as a guest at the daily press conference of White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki.
“WE BELIEVE THAT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE”
Stating that Russia frequently uses cyber-attacks and has been prepared against it since November 2021, Neuberger said, “We believe that the Russian government is responsible for the large-scale cyber attacks on Ukrainian banks and the Ministry of Defense this week. Ukraine-based IP addresses of the infrastructure of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate. and we have the technical knowledge of sending high volumes of data to domains.” used the phrases.
“RUSSIA LOVES TO MOVE IN THE SHADOW”
Emphasizing that Russia had previously benefited from the late identification of those responsible for cyber attacks, Neuberger underlined that they identified those responsible for the attacks as soon as possible. made its assessment.
THERE IS NO SERIOUS CYBERATTACK THREAT TO THE USA
Pointing out that the impact of the said attack was not very big, Neuberger said that such attacks of Russia are compatible with the actions that prepared the infrastructure of the Ukrainian invasion.
Neuberger noted that they do not have serious intelligence that Russia will launch a cyber-attack on the US mainland, but that they are still prepared for any situation and that they are in contact with the private sector on this issue.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CYBER ATTACKS IN UKRAINE?
The websites of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the internet banking systems of Privatbank and Oşadbank were hacked on February 15.
In the statement made by the Ukrainian Strategic Communication Center, it was claimed that Russia could be behind the attack. (AA)