{"id":3209,"date":"2022-06-09T19:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2022-06-09T19:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:46:42","slug":"russia-says-west-risks-direct-military-clash-over-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA SAYS WEST RISKS &#8216;DIRECT MILITARY CLASH&#8217; OVER CYBER ATTACKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3209\" class=\"elementor elementor-3209\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5609ff5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5609ff5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44d9a00d\" data-id=\"44d9a00d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51a90a4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"51a90a4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div><strong>NATION AGAINST NATION<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"For\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div> shall rise against <div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> nation  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">1484: <\/font>ethnos, eth\u00b4-nos; probably from 1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan): \u2014 Gentile, heathen, nation, people.<\/span><\/div>, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.\n\n<span> <p><\/p>\u2014 Matthew 24:7<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d1f1303 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d1f1303\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60fe9ca1\" data-id=\"60fe9ca1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc74546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dc74546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Article Source:<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-709034\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Russia warned the West on Thursday that cyber attacks against its infrastructure risked leading to direct military confrontation, and that attempts to challenge\u00a0Moscow\u00a0in the cyber sphere would be met with targeted countermeasures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The warning comes after Russia&#8217;s housing ministry website appeared to be hacked over the weekend, with an internet search for the site leading to a &#8220;Glory to Ukraine&#8221; sign in Ukrainian.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a statement, the foreign ministry said that Russia&#8217;s critical infrastructure and state institutions were being hit by cyberattacks and pointed to figures in the United States and Ukraine as being responsible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:quote --><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_cite_9a069d51-753f-599f-6ac2-f9ef9a861b75\" class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Rest assured, Russia will not leave aggressive actions unanswered. All our steps will be measured, targeted, in accordance with our legislation and international law.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<strong><cite>Russian foreign ministry<\/cite><\/strong><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:quote --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The statement, issued by the ministry&#8217;s head of international information security, said Washington was &#8220;deliberately lowering the threshold for the combat use&#8221; of IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_JD_ArticleMainImageFaceDetect\/503174\" alt=\" Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the executive board of the General Procurator's Office in Moscow, Russia April 25, 2022. (credit: Sputnik\/Valery Sharifulin\/Pool via REUTERS)\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" \/>Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the executive board of the General Procurator&#8217;s Office in Moscow, Russia April 25, 2022. (credit: Sputnik\/Valery Sharifulin\/Pool via REUTERS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The militarization of the information space by the West, and attempts to turn it into an arena of interstate confrontation, have greatly increased the threat of a direct military clash with unpredictable consequences,&#8221; it said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} --><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Previous hacking attempts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The websites of many state-owned companies and news organizations have suffered sporadic hacking attempts since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, often to show information that is at odds with Moscow&#8217;s official line on the conflict.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moscow says it is carrying out a &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in the neighboring country to disarm it and protect it from fascists. Ukraine and Western countries dismiss Russia&#8217;s claims as a pretext for an illegal invasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Vladimir Putin\u00a0said\u00a0in May that the number of cyberattacks on Russia by foreign &#8220;state structures&#8221; had increased several times over\u00a0and called on the country to bolster its IT security.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.<br \/>\n(photo credit: REUTERS\/STEVE MARCUS)<\/p>\n<h5><font color=\"#0000FF\"><strong> The warning comes after Russia&#8217;s housing ministry website appeared to be hacked over the weekend, with an internet search for the site leading to a &#8220;Glory to Ukraine&#8221; sign in Ukrainian. <\/strong><\/font><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wars-and-rumors-of-wars","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}