MOSCOW. Dec 14 (Interfax) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied the allegations blaming Russia for hacker attacks on the networks of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
"I deny the accusations yet again. [...] If the Americans have failed to do anything about that for months, they should probably not rush to baselessly accuse Russians of everything. We have nothing to do with that," Peskov told reporters on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited the United States to cooperate in cybersecurity issues, Peskov said.
"That would allow our two countries to cooperate and counter any cybercrimes, attempts at cyber-espionage, etc. This initiative of Putin has not evoked a response from the United States," he said.
A number of U.S. media outlets said that hackers associated with a foreign government had hacked into networks of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The media said that the group of hackers backed by a foreign government received access to networks of both entities and stole data.
The Washington Post put the blame on the hacker group APT29 or Cozy Bear, allegedly working for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.