Cyberattacks on Russia under the Ukrainian flag are organized by the Pentagon, the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, the official added.
"Ukrainian hacker groups are actively involved in such attacks by the US special services," Patrushev reported at a meeting of high representatives of the BRICS states in charge of security issues in Johannesburg as cited by a Russian newspaper.
"The Pentagon Cyber Command, the National Security Agency and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence are planning and coordinating information attacks under the Ukrainian flag on the critical information infrastructure of our country," Patrushev specified.
The US also directly supervises the work of subdivisions of the Ukrainian Center for Information and Psychological Operations, the secretary stated.
"US corporations in fact single-handedly control Internet for the sake of their global dominance," Patrushev pointed out and drew the conclusion by stating that it is important to develop cooperation within BRICS towards internationalization of Internet governance.
The US corporations pretty much single-handedly control internet for sake of their global dominance, Patrushev highlighted.
"Today, Internet governance remains effectively under the sole control of American corporations. Through this monopoly of Internet regulation, the US is furthering its neo-colonial claims to global dominance," Patrushev said at the BRICS meeting in South Africa.
The official added that it is important for BRICS and their partners to move "towards the internationalization of the management of the global network, increasing the representation and role of developing states in these processes."