Telegraph | Vladimir
Putin has blamed the US for causing the global cyber attack. He said
Russia had "nothing to do" with the cyber attack, adding that the US had
indirectly caused it by creating the Microsoft hack in the first place.
"Malware created by intelligence agencies can backfire on its creators," said Putin, speaking to media in Beijing.
He added that the attack didn't cause any significant damage to Russia. Russian security firm Kaspersky said hospitals, police and railroad transport had been affected in the country. Another report suggested Russia was one of the worst hit locations.
More than 45,000 attacks of the #WannaCry recorded by #Kaspersky in 74 countries around the world, mostly in Russia. https://t.co/Agtr2rFDt2 pic.twitter.com/r3JCpXf9MR— Odisseus (@_odisseus) May 12, 2017
He added that the attack didn't cause any significant damage to Russia. Russian security firm Kaspersky said hospitals, police and railroad transport had been affected in the country. Another report suggested Russia was one of the worst hit locations.
Putin said:
As regards the source of these threats, I believe that the leadership of Microsoft have announced this plainly, that the initial source of the virus is the intelligence services of the United States.
Once they're let out of the lamp, genies of this kind, especially those created by intelligence services, can later do damage to their authors and creators.
So this question should be discussed immediately on a serious political level and a defence needs to be worked out from such phenomena.
