Reports of Chinese hacking in Russian government agencies emerge ahead of Biden-Putin summit


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Desk 2021-06-12 Reports have emerged ahead of the June 16 Biden-Putin summit that Chinese hackers have allegedly breached Russian government entities raising speculations that Washington and Moscow may launch cyber security cooperation. The codes used in hacking Russian government entities were similar to ones that targeted Asian governments, CyberScoop said, quoting Sentinel One. SentinelOne’s research is reportedly based on a report by the Federal Security Service (FSB), one of Russia’s main security agencies, and the cyber unit of telecom firm Rostelecom. The hackers allegedly used top Russian technology providers Yandex and Mail.Ru, according to the report. Incidentally, U.S. officials last...