Citing The Wall Street Journal, Ukrinform reported that the relevant calls were made at a conference in San Francisco.

“According to intelligence, the threat was and continues to be real. Robert Joyce, director of cybersecurity at the US National Intelligence Agency, said the Russians have opportunities that we need to be wary of and are currently in the decision-making process.

Following the warnings of intelligence services, the Shields Up campaign was launched in the United States in February to strengthen the protection of networks of private companies, especially tech giants.

Joyce noted that the threat level of cyberattacks is currently assessed as “serious”.

In turn, Chris Inglis, Chief Cyber ​​Security Advisor to the President of the United States, emphasized that potential attacks by Russia pose a real threat to public infrastructure.

“We actually have a clear strategic threat,” Inglis said. Said.

Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, key US security agencies, including the NSA, FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, have warned of potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure operators in the US and its allies.