“Today, cyberattacks are as much a weapon of mass destruction as a tactical nuclear mine.
An entire city could end up with a stalled infrastructure, from blocking fuel supplies to water supplies.
And there seem to be no victims, and the settlement is paralyzed.
Thus, I would call cyberattacks bloodless killers, they do not set themselves the goal of destroying the population, but simply throw this population back, in fact, into the Stone Age, ”the parliamentarian said.
According to him, the Russian draft convention is timely and relevant.
“I think that the countries of the collective West will start protesting against our initiative, accusing us of some kind of cyberattacks, but in their hearts, I am sure they agree with us,” the deputy concluded.
Earlier, Russia submitted to the UN the world's first draft convention on countering cybercrime and the criminal use of cryptocurrency.