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No official involvement in Yahoo hacking: Kremlin

Kremlin has not received any official data regarding the involvement of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in hacking billions of Yahoo accounts, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov told reporters on March 16.

Peskov,  commenting on the accusation said that they got to know about the involvement in Yahoo cyber attack through the media.

"To our knowledge, we have not received through official channels of any information, so, unfortunately, do not possess the details," - said the president's press secretary.
However, the representative of the Kremlin said that Moscow has always expressed their interest in cooperation to counter cybercrime around the world.

"We hope that we will take over any official information on this matter," he said.

Peskov said that one must not pay heed to the allegation made by the media, and it's not the information of the official agencies.

On March 15, the U.S. Justice Department has accused three Russain citizens of cyber attacks on Yahoo three years ago, and two of them were the former employees of the FSB.
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