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Both nations have \u201chigh confidence\u201d in the finding of Russian-sponsored cyber-meddling, which the alert said has been reported by multiple sources since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia also admonished Russia and accused Kremlin-backed hackers of cyberattacks on hundreds of Australian companies last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respected U.S. cybersecurity researcher Jake Williams said it was difficult for him to understand the motivation for Monday\u2019s alert given that \u201cthe activity has been ongoing for some time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCalling the Russians out on this hardly makes much sense unless there\u2019s some other agenda (most likely political),\u201d Williams, the president of Rendition Infosec, said via text message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the accusations groundless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know what these accusations are based on,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cSuch accusations are typically thrown into the air and no one even bothers to offer any arguments (proof) anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe think such feeble accusations have lost all meaning,\u201d Peskov added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Routers direct data traffic across the internet. US-CERT said the compromised routers can be exploited for \u201cman-in-the-middle\u201d spoofing attacks, in which communications are intercepted by a seemingly trusted device that has actually been infiltrated by an attacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current state of U.S. network devices \u2014 coupled with a Russian government campaign to exploit these devices \u2014 threatens the safety, security, and economic well-being of the United States,\u201d the alert stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cybersecurity experts say the kinds of exploits described in the US-CERT alert are commonly practiced by all nations engaged in offensive cyberespionage, including the U.S., Britain and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US-CERT urged affected companies, and public sector organizations and even people who use routers in home offices to take action to harden poorly-secured devices. But its alert cited only one specific product: Cisco\u2019s Smart Install software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne told reporters about 400 Australian companies were targeted in the Russian hacking but there was no \u201cexploitation of significance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 15, US-CERT issued a similar alert saying the FBI and DHS had determined that Russian government \u201ccyber actors\u201d had sought to infiltrate U.S. agencies as well as \u201corganizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.\u201d It said Russian agents had obtained \u201cremote access\u201d to energy sector networks and obtained information on industrial control systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts have stressed that the March 15 bulletin did not mean Russia had obtained access to systems that control critical infrastructure such as the power grid. 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