The White House accused the Russian Federation of organizing the attack NotPetya

The White House accused the Russian Federation of organizing an attack with the NotPetya virus


WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (RIA Novosti). The United States accused Russia of creating a virus NotPetya, which attacked computers in Ukraine and several other countries in June 2017, the White House press service said.

"The Russian armed forces began the most destructive and costly cyber attack in history in June 2017. The hacker attack with the help of the NotPetya virus spread rapidly around the world, causing billions of dollars in losses and damaging computers throughout Europe, Asia and America," the White House said. .

Washington claims that the virus allegedly became "part of the ongoing efforts of the Kremlin to destabilize Ukraine and confirms even more clearly Russia's participation in the ongoing conflict." "This reckless cyber attack will be given an international response," the administration of the US president summarized.

Earlier, the British Foreign Ministry accused the Russian authorities of involvement in a cyber attack using the NotPetya virus, but London did not provide any evidence or sources of information.

The Kremlin categorically rejected accusations of Russia's involvement in hacking attacks, calling them unsubstantiated and baseless.

The global attack of the extortion virus in June last year hit the IT systems of companies in several countries, affecting Ukraine to a greater degree. The computers of oil, energy, telecommunications, pharmaceutical companies, as well as state bodies were attacked.

Link: https://ria.ru/world/20180216/1514736083.html