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Russian government sites facing unprecedented cyber attacks: Report

Russian government sites facing unprecedented cyber attacks: Report

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Russiangovernmentwebsitesarefacingunprecedentedcyberattacksand technical efforts are being made to filter foreign web traffic, the TASS news agency cited the digital ministry as saying on Thursday.

Russiangovernmententities and state-owned companies have been targeted over events in Ukraine, with the websitesof the Kremlin, flagship carrier Aeroflot and major lender Sberbank among those to have seen outages or temporary access issues in recent weeks.

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The ministry was working to adjust to the new conditions, it said, ascyberattacksratchet up.

"If previously their power at peak moments reached 500 gigabytes, then now it is at 1 terabyte," the ministry said. "That is two to three times more powerful than the most serious incidents of this kind that have been previouslyreported."

As Russia becomes increasingly isolated from global financial systems and supply chains, thegovernmenthas proposed a raft of measures to support the IT sector, among others.

Technology firms will have access to preferential tax and lending conditions and the digital ministry has previously suggestedRussianIT companies discuss a phased transfer of technical support components with foreign firms.

Citing draftgovernmentdocuments, Interfaxreported late on Wednesday that the digital ministry had proposed allocating 14 billion roubles ($134.30 million) to support IT companies in the form of grants.