SOCHI, October 20. / TASS /. The Center for Monitoring and Control of Public Communication Networks (CMU) will develop a system for countering attacks. This was announced by the director of the center Sergei Khutortsev at the Spectrum forum on Wednesday.
“We intend to develop the system precisely in the direction of countering attacks, complex threats that affect the entire Russian Internet,” Khutortsev said. The head of the center noted that new technological advanced methods are needed to counter the threats of interference in the operation of communication networks. “This year, the maximum power of a DDoS attack reached 2.5 terabits per second. It is extremely difficult for a single operator to handle such volumes of traffic,” Khutortsev said. …
In particular, by 2022, the center will be engaged in countering DDoS attacks, computer attacks, IP spoofing (a type of hacker attack that involves using someone else's IP address in order to deceive the security system).
About 93% of telecom operators and owners of autonomous systems are now connected to the CMU system. “At the moment, we are recording about 2.6 thousand anomalies per hour – this is the interception of BGP routes (redirecting Internet traffic by announcing groups of IP addresses that are not controlled by the attacker),” Khutortsev said.
Also, about 2 thousand anomalies are recorded per hour in the form of a traffic loop through foreign countries. “This is a situation when Russian traffic from a Russian operator to a Russian operator for some reason does not remain inside Russia, but passes through foreign communication networks. This situation helps our foreign partners to carry out some kind of traffic analysis and potentially creates conditions for interference in it. We also monitor situations and work with telecom operators in order to eliminate network anomalies and stop incorrect routing, “he said. Also, about 800 BGP route leaks are recorded (transit redirection of Internet traffic through third-party autonomous systems).
According to him, the problems cannot be solved without the help of telecom operators. “I believe that it is necessary to establish closer, more working contacts not only with large telecom operators, but also with medium and small telecom operators and jointly solve the problem of the stability of telecom networks,” he said. Khutortsev also said that the center plans to launch a number of public services in 2022, primarily showing how telecom operators work.
