The United States refuses to cooperate with Russia in the field of cybersecurity. The corresponding decision was made against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.. This was announced by Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Oleg Khramov, Russian media reported..

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The Kremlin-White House joint group was created to develop measures to protect against hacker attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation and the United States. Within this group, the parties exchanged lists of objects of critical information infrastructure.

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Earlier it was reported that US senators are preparing sanctions against Russia for cyber attacks, and are also considering providing Ukraine with additional assistance in the field of cyber security.. The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations believes that a hacker attack on Ukrainian infrastructure should be the " Now the imposition of tough sanctions is “tied” to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Recall that the United States has already provided Ukraine with $38 million in cybersecurity assistance.. Kyiv received similar assistance from the EU and NATO.