Thursday 24 May 2018

Kremlin says Russia not gearing up for hacker attack against Ukraine


The warning of the attack came from the US government, according to reports.

ST.PETERSBURG, May 24. /TASS/. Russia has not been preparing a hacker attack against Ukraine using infected routers, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday commenting on media reports.

"Russia has not been planning a hacker attack with the use of routers," Peskov said.

Earlier media reports warned of alleged preparations for a large-scale hacker attack against Ukraine through infected routers.

The warning of the attack came from the US government, the reports said.

Source: ITAR-TASS 24-05-2018