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Putin orders setting up of anti-hacker defence
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:44:20 -0600 (CST)
http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/Chunk-HT-UI-Technology-OtherStories/Putin-orders-setting-up-of-anti-hacker-defence/SP-Article1-1012086.aspx IANS February 15, 2013Russian President Vladimir Putin has personally instructed the Federal Security Service (FSB) to promptly set up a unified system to detect and counter computer-hacking attacks on Russia's IT resources.
"In the near future, we need to set up a unified system for detecting, preventing and defending against computer attacks on Russia's information (technology) resources," Putin said at a meeting of the FSB.
He added that the task should be completed as quickly as possible. Last month, Putin issued a presidential order calling for such a system.The move came a week after Kaspersky Lab, a Russian computer security company, announced it had detected highly sophisticated malware, dubbed "Red October", which targeted "diplomatic, governmental and scientific research institutions" in eastern Europe and former Soviet republics.
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