“Hacking attacks, which are carried out from the US territory, are recorded daily, including attacks targeting the website of the Russian President,” Peskov told journalists on Thursday, adding that similar attacks “come from the territories of many countries around the world.”
When asked to specify if he implied that the Kremlin believes Washington or US intelligence agencies might have anything to do with the cyberattacks against Russia, Peskov emphasized that he was only talking about the “US territory” as the source of hacking attempts.
“I don’t want to make the public laugh by claiming that official Washington is behind it. A mere fact that a hacking attack is carried out from the territory of some state is in no way a proof that official authorities are involved,” the Kremlin spokesman pointed out.
When asked for a reaction to Peskov’s comments, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said, “That does not surprise me. I think that would be some propaganda, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.”
On Wednesday, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Ryabkov, said during Parliament hearings that “28 percent of all attacks on Russian cyber infrastructure were carried out from US territory,” while the amount of hacking attempts from Russian territory against the US reaches only 2 or 3 percent.
