The Council of the European Union decided by written procedure on the introduction of sanctions against legal entities and individuals from Russia, China and South Korea in connection with their alleged involvement in the cyber attacks. About it reports “Interfax” with reference to the Official journal of the European Union.
“Six individuals and three organizations or institutions shall be included in the list of individuals and entities subject to restrictive measures”, – said in the recording.
Among the fallen under the sanctions specified Alexey Minin, Alexey Morenets, Evgeny Serebryakov Oleg Sotnikov, and also the Main center of special technologies of the Main intelligence Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces.
the Australia has accused Russia of organizing a cyber attack using a virus NotPetya
It is noted that these persons and structures “are responsible provide support or was involved” in the cyberattack, including WannaCry, NotPetya, Cloud Hopper and the attack on the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW).
The Agency Castmetal that the simplified written procedure on sanctions for cyber attacks was introduced a year ago, but until today was not used.
As reported by “Rambler” in may, the German foreign Ministry notified the Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev about the intention to introduce cybersale against Russia for cyber attacks on the Bundestag in 2015. 22 July, the representative of the German foreign Minister Christopher Burger reported on the status of the list of Russian individuals and legal entities that fall under cybersale.
