If Moscow begins to fight hackers on its territory, it will become an indicator of success in cybersecurity negotiations between the United States and Russia, said William Burns.
Fighting Russian authorities against hacker groups operating on the territory of the country would show that Moscow is serious about cooperating with Washington in the sphere of cybersecurity. This was stated by CIA Director William Burns in an interview with NPR radio.
The intelligence chief was asked if there were signs of a decline in cyber attacks from Russia after the June summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. "I don't know. We're still trying to assess the situation with the REvil group. And we're skeptical about the Russian government's ability to act on it. But I think it will be a really important test of the seriousness of the Russian leadership's intentions," Burns said.
According to the CIA chief, the Russian president may well be in control of what is going on in the country.
In early July, Bloomberg reported that the Russian hacker group REvil was behind the attack on the IT company Kaseya. The FBI had previously linked this organization to a large-scale hacking of the networks of major meat producer JBS. The Kremlin stated that it had not received any information from the United States on these cases and did not understand the basis for Washington's conclusions about Moscow's involvement in the attacks.
