Russian intelligence services accused Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseni Yaceneuk of the recent cyber attack on German government websites.
The Russian group CyberBerkut has already assumed responsibility for the attack, but this is the first time the Russian government has been designated as the perpetrator.
As reported by the BBC, Yatsenyuk made the specific allegations ahead of a meeting with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel - however whether they exist data that's why it's a question mark.
It is recalled that the case was targeted at Merkel's website and the site of the German Parliament, so it is not possible to access it until late Wednesday afternoon. Yaseniku's statement was that "I would suggest that the Russian secret service stop spending the taxpayer's money for cyber attacks against Budweig and Chancellor Merkel's office. "
As noted in the BBC report, cross-catastrophes with regard to such incidents are becoming more and more common, though (or perhaps just because) it is very difficult to find where exactly such an attack originates.
Professor Alan Woodward, expert in themesecurity, called it "interesting" that countries tend to blame each other for cyberattacks, although the information they make public does not support such claims.
"The international community seems too quick to accuse, based on the balance of probabilities, which I don't think is sufficient," he noted.
It adds that during the week the FBI appeared to further bolster its theory that North Korea was behind the attacks on Sony Pictures in November, stating that IP addresses associated with them are used by the isolated country. However, Woodward disputes this, as "none of these addresses were actually in North Korea. It was in Singapore, Taiwan and elsewhere. "
He believes that cybercrime is increasingly becoming part of the political agenda. "It's interesting that all the rhetoric seems to be coming from countries that already have tensions between them. They use specific cyber attacks to score political 'points'.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
