Deputy of the Russian security Council Oleg Khramov in interview with “Kommersant” said that the virus WannaCry serious harm to the objects of critical informational infrastructure of Russia is not caused. Critical infrastructure includes in particular systems in the defense industry, health, transport, communication, financial sector, energy sector.
Khramov believes that “for for reliable protection of critical information infrastructure in accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation to consistently create a state system of detection, prevention and elimination of consequences of computer attacks on information resources of the Russian Federation“.
In addition, he emphasizes: “Thanks to the said state the system was able to avoid serious damage. Critical information infrastructure was ready to confront the large-scale spread of the virus“.
Recall that the virus WannaCry began to spread on systems running the Windows operating system Friday, may 12. The total number of infected computers is more than 200 000 150 countries around the world.