http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131017/184204651/Russian-Government-Calls-for-FSB-to-Tackle-Cyber-Crime.html
RIA Novosti
17/10/2013
MOSCOW – The Russian government has submitted amendments to state
lawmakers that would give the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) the
authority to investigate and fight hacker attacks.
If approved, the FSB would be able to carry out special operations to
search for “information about events or actions (inaction), constituting
threats to the information security” of Russia, adding information
security to the list of state, military, economic and ecological security
for which the FSB is already responsible.
The bill’s authors claim that interstate information warfare is
intensifying, citing the distribution of malware that can be used as an
information weapon.
They said that governments, banks, schools and media outlets are also
targeted for cybercrimes and possible “terrorist” activity.
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