The British Guardian newspaper reported that Russian President
Vladimir Putin is still using an old version of the Windows operating system on his personal computer, which makes it vulnerable to penetration, as the photos published by the Kremlin press service inadvertently revealed that the President's computer is running with an old version From the Windows operating system.
The photos showed that Vladimir Putin's computer is running on Windows XP, an operating system that Microsoft suspended security updates in 2014, with occasional exceptions, which makes it more vulnerable to infiltration, but it appears that the Russian government regulations prevented Putin from Update to Windows 10.
The risk to the Russian president is clearly not theoretical, as ransomware in 2017 attacked more than 20,000 victims, including the UK's National Health Service, which was using the old Windows XP system, forcing hospitals to Closing, and operations canceled.
And Russian officials technically prevent the use of foreign programs as Moscow aims to protect national interests amid fears of foreign espionage and the promotion of the technology industry in Russia, and regardless of the track record of security vulnerabilities, Windows XP is still the third most popular operating system in the world, and it appears that Putin prepares himself among his users.
According to the Guardian, the photos show that Putin uses the Windows XP operating system at his office in the Kremlin and at his official residence in Novo Ugarovo, near Moscow, and the Russian news website Open Media reported that the head of the Internet Protection Association of Russia Mikhail Klimaryov confirmed that the photos Showed running Windows XP on both computers.
The Russian president is notorious for his lack of confidence in the Internet, and this position made his way towards a formal Russian law, as Putin signed in May a bill that would allow the government to create a Russian internet only with a new domain name system to protect against hackers, and Reuters reported earlier this. The month is that Russia is creating its own online encyclopedia instead of Wikipedia.
Russia earlier this month banned the sale of smartphones without Russian-made software and applications as of July 2020, as the law requires all smartphones, smart TVs and computers to come with Russian software pre-installed.
According to the Ministry of Defense export control documents referred to by Open Media, Windows XP was the last operating system certified by Microsoft for use in Russian government agencies, and Windows 10 obtained a certificate for use only on computers that do not keep state secrets.
Russia plans to replace Microsoft, Apple, and Google software with a local operating system, Astra Linux, in all government institutions and strategic companies by 2025-2030, and the Russian presidential office has reportedly postponed plans to switch to a Russian-made operating system after facing setbacks last year.
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