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The Russian government issued a security alert on Thursday night warning Russian businesses about possible cyberattacks launched by the United States in response to the SolarWinds incident.
The Russian government’s response comes after comments from the new Biden government earlier in the day.
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New White House officials responded to questions about their plans with the SolarWinds hood, saying they reserved the right to respond to any cyberattack.
Initially, the press house held an information session in the White House @PressSec says about SolarWinds’ infringement: “We’ve talked about this before … of course we reserve the right to respond to any cyber attack at once and in any way”
– Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) 21 January 2021
Moscow’s response to these comments comes hours later in the form of a security bulletin published by the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTSKI), a security agency established by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian agency for internal security. and intelligence.
The brief statement cites the Biden government’s comments, interpreted as threats, and lists 15 best practice safeguards that businesses must follow to stay safe online.

(Text translated by Google Translate)
The best practices included in the warning are the safety advice of the mill and nothing that companies or even the lowest skill practitioner have already been aware of.
The security warning was published more as a response to the aggressive statements of the Biden government earlier in the day.
The White House’s comments follow a tone given two weeks ago when US officials from the FBI, CISA, ODNI and NSA formally blamed Russia for orchestrating the widespread attack on the SolarWinds supply chain.
Kremlin officials have repeatedly denied having any hand in the SolarWinds incident.
During yesterday’s press conference, the Biden government also promised to spend $ 9 billion on cyber security in the wake of the SolarWinds cap.