Putin expanded the powers of the FSO Service are struggling to cope with hacker attacks against Russian information resources. Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded the powers of the Federal guard service (FSO) — now it’s endowed with powers of information warfare, including the detection, prevention and response to hacker attacks on Russian information resources. News“Olympic destroyer”: the experts tell you why hackers attacked the Olympic games According to the decree, published on the website of legal information Tuesday, the position of the FSO in terms of authority is supplemented by the following paragraph: “participates within its competence in implementation of the state policy in the field of international information security and providing information protection, detection, prevention and elimination of consequences of computer attacks to information resources of the Russian Federation”. In addition, FSS is entitled to take measures for the protection of personal data and consent to processing of personal
