MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the law, objects of critical infrastructure are information systems and telecommunication networks belonging to government agencies, automated control systems of technological processes in the defense industry, spheres of health care, transport, communications, financial institutions, energy, and fuel. Nuclear and aerospace industries, as well as a number of other areas, are also included on this list.
With regard to penalties, creating malware for cyberattacks and causing significant damage to critical infrastructure may be punishable by up to 10 years once the bill is passed into law.
The law is expected to enter into force on January 1, 2018, after being signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, Putin said that the number of cyberattacks on Russian servers has tripled in 2016.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the presidential website comes under hacker attacks on a daily basis, while the cyberattacks had been carried out by a number of countries, including the US. Peskov said that Russian media, banks and the Kremlin's website have repeatedly been hacked.
