Top Russian official cites REvil arrests as sign of cooperation, says Moscow is awaiting reciprocation

The Russian government’s Jan. 14 takedown of suspects associated with the notorious REvil ransomware group was an example of increasing cooperation between the U.S. and Russian governments on cybersecurity matters, a top Russian official said Friday, but the Russian government is still waiting for U.S. reciprocation on its own cyber requests. In a wide-ranging interview, Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and prime minister of Russia and currently the deputy secretary of the country’s Security Council, called the REvil arrests a …

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