The Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, February 20. /TASS/. The Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev held in Rostov-on-don, a retreat dedicated to the information security of state systems and networks.
He warned about possible cyber attacks on the state automated system (GUS) “Election” before the upcoming elections of the President of Russia, as well as to streamline activities of foreign intelligence services who want to develop complex scenarios of cyber-attacks against Russia.
Speaking on the topic of Patriotic education, Patrushev suggested that the educational organization has not yet become a necessary basis of the system of Patriotic and spiritual-moral education of children and youth.
Elections under threat
“On the eve of the presidential elections should be expected to increase the use of political, economic and informational actions,” said Secretary of the Russian security Council. According to forecasts, in relation to Russia may be carried out cyber operations, the introduction of equipment in critical infrastructure hardware and software bugs, including those related to the running of the state automated system “Elections”.
In this regard, Patrushev has demanded “to provide strict observance of requirements for connection of information resources and critical infrastructures to computer networks, primarily the Internet”.
Complex attack scenarios
A foreign intelligence service, warned Patrushev, intensified and develop complex scenarios of cyber-attacks against Russia. “There is a significant extension of the range of applications in computer intelligence special services of foreign States”, – he said.