MOSCOW: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday that more than 120,000 cyberattacks were detected in 2020 against Russia's critical infrastructure, adding that a "significant number of them originated in the US, Germany and the Netherlands". Russia is often subjected to unfriendly actions in the cybersphere, according to reports.
While addressing the Moscow Conference on International Security, Russian Security Council Secretary said that the cyberattacks targeted "state government objects, military-industrial enterprises, healthcare, transport, research and education facilities". He noted that Russia is often "groundlessly accused of carrying out cyberattacks against Western states... And this is despite the fact that through NATO, the West has officially declared cyberspace a place for military actions". "We find it important to ensure non-politicised cooperation between the states with the aim of creating a global international information security system," Patrushev said.