“It can already be said that cyber aggression against us, as well as all the sanctioning pressure on Russia, failed. Overall, we were prepared for this attack, and this is the result of the systemic work that has taken place in recent years, “said Putin.
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The Russian president further stated that the number of hacker attacks has increased by an order of magnitude since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Putin, the severity and complexity of offensive cyber operations suggests that these are not attacks by individuals or hacker groups, but acts of state agencies.
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“Basically, real aggression, war in the information space, broke out against Russia. Basically, it is the actions of state structures, “the Russian president added. He recalled that in some countries, cyber troops had already become part of the armed forces.
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European countries, including the Czech Republic, also saw an increase in cyber attacks, probably from Russia, in the months following the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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Western countries have imposed sanctions on Russia in an effort to stop its aggression in Ukraine.
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Putin said in a speech on Friday that Russia would try to switch to its own hardware and software suppliers. Western companies have largely stopped providing customer support due to the invasion of the Russians.
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