The United States said to stop offensive electronic operations against Russia
The United States has suspended its offensive electronic operations against Russia, according to reports, amid efforts by the Trump administration to give Moscow concessions to end the war in Ukraine.
The amount of the amount was declared to stop the piracy launched by the United States against Russia by US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth, according to L. Record. The new directive affects the operations carried out by the American Internet Command, a section of the Ministry of Defense that focuses on piracy and operations in the electronic space, but does not apply to the spy operations conducted by the National Security Agency.
Since then, the report has been confirmed New York Times and Washington Post.
The matter was submitted before the meeting of the Oval Office on Friday between US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Foludmir Zelinsky, according to reports. The New York Times said that education came as part of a broader effort to attract Russian President Vladimir Putin in talks on the country’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
The American Internet and Pentagon leadership did not respond to Techcrunch questions, but a senior defense official said the record was not “discussing cyber intelligence, plans or operations.”
Guardian It also stated that the Trump administration has indicated that it no longer sees the Russian infiltrators as a threat to cybersecurity, and ordered that the US CISA security agency is no longer a report on Russian threats. The newspaper cites a recent memorandum that has set new priorities for Cisa, including the threats facing China and the protection of local systems, but the memo did not mention Russia. According to CISA employees orally, that they were stopping any work on Russian Internet threats.
The Ministry of Internal Security, which supervises Cisa, denied the report in a statement to Techcrunch.
Tricia McLulin, Assistant Minister of Internal Security, said that the memo did not come from the Trump administration, and that “Cisa remains committed to dealing with all cyber threats of the critical infrastructure of the United States, including from Russia.”
“There was no change in our situation or our priority on this front,” McLeulin told Techcrunch.
The reported transformation in the US policy by the Trump administration towards Russia comes a few months after the American intelligence community said Russia poses a “permanent electronic threat” to the United States. There Annual threat assessmentThe United States warned that foreign intelligence service in Russia, or SVR is still targeting American government agencies And critical infrastructure such as underwater cables and industrial control systems.
Over the past few years, the United States government has also taken measures against a group of Russian Internet criminals: I have succeeded in this The infrastructure of the ransom groups associated with Russia was disruptedand Reclamation of millions in paid ransom payments for Russian infiltratorsAnd Some of the most famous Russian infiltrators targeted the accusation and penalties.
