Putin warns of cyber attacks in information space

Russian President Putin. Photo courtesy of VNA

"New technological solutions give rise to new risks. We see that the global digital space often becomes a platform for fierce information warfare, unfair competition and cyber attacks. All this qualitatively changes the international situation," Putin said on Friday at a videoconference meeting of the Russian Federation Security Council.

Potential threats

"The digital environment is used by international terrorists and organized crime. In other words, there are many potential threats to global security as a whole, but also to individual countries, including their sovereignty and national interests," Mr. Putin said.

He noted that Russia was one of the first countries to call on the world community to unite and work together in this new area for the civilized world.

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