In 1998, when America complained about seven Moscow Internet addresses involved in the theft of Pentagon and NASA secrets, the Russian government replied that phone numbers from which the attacks originated were inoperative. The US had no way of knowing whether the Russian government had been involved.
1998年，美国抱怨七个莫斯科互联网地址参与了盗窃五角大楼和美国宇航局的机密，而俄罗斯政府答复说，攻击起源地的电话号码是不通的。美国当时根本无法判断俄罗斯政府是否参与了那次事件。