Moscow [Russia]June 11 (ANI): A US-based IT company claimed that Chinese hackers were behind a series of cybersecurity attacks against the Russian government last year.

Experts from the U.S. company SentinelOne said the malicious code used to break into Russian federal executives resembled a hacking tool associated with a wide set of Chinese spy suspects that the Asian government has also targeted in recent years. Said that. Cyber ​​security.

SentinelOne’s findings are based on a report released last month by the Federal Security Service (FSB), one of Russia’s leading espionage agencies, and the cyber unit of telecommunications company Rostelecom.

Sean Lyngaas is based on an FSB report written in a cyber scoop, experts say that early Russian government agencies were targeted by “cyber mercenaries in pursuit of foreign interests.” According to the report, Mail.Ru did not appoint the perpetrator of the offense.

Previously, it was reported that China purchased antivirus products from security vendors in the United States, Europe and Russia and identified vulnerabilities that could be used for compromise.

Citing a report from cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, news service CyberWire has already banned the use of foreign antivirus products because of security risks, so this purchase is for scanners. Said it was done below.

SentinelOne’s findings show a reality that is often overlooked in US-centric cybersecurity debates. The Russian and Chinese governments are engaged in many cyber-spying activities with each other. For example, last year, US officials publicly exposed allegations of a Chinese hacking campaign targeting entities in Russia and other former Soviet republics.

“The idea that China will target the Russian government [and vice versa] “China-Russia relations are complex and involve hot-button issues such as border sharing, diplomatic and economic interests,” researcher Juan Andres Guerrero Sade said in an email. According to a book on the rise of the FSB after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the FSB’s report seems to be an effort to portray that Russian organizations face the same threats as other organizations. “Together with it,” said Soldatov. “And for that, come to the FSB and give us respect.” The White House said Biden would raise the issue later this month in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.