https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-top-spy-russian-fsb-chief-alexander-bortnikov-were-teaming-up-with-dc-on-cybersecurity?
By Amy Knight
The Daily Beast
11.04.19
Following a recent conference of foreign security and law enforcement agencies,
the head of Russia’s State Security Service, the FSB, made the surprising
announcement that Russia and the United States have resumed cooperation on
cybersecurity.
“We are maintaining working contacts by our experts and special unit heads with
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Drug Enforcement Agency,” said Gen. Alexander Bortnikov, noting that such
contacts should always occur, regardless of the foreign policy situation.
Behind-the-scenes cooperation with the Trump administration, particularly when
it comes to cybercrime and terrorism, is a theme the Kremlin likes to push onto
center stage every so often. And according to our sources there is indeed some
consultation at a practical level, but for Washington’s intelligence
professionals it’s a very delicate, very dangerous game, complicated enormously
by the inclinations and prejudices of President Donald J. Trump.
In response to queries about Bortnikov’s statement, spokespersons for both the
CIA and the DEA told The Daily Beast that they had no comment, and the FBI has
not responded at all.
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