MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for closer international cooperation in fending off cyberattacks.

Addressing a cybersecurity conference in Moscow, Putin said it's important to develop common cybersecurity standards that take into account interests of all nations. He noted that cyberthreats have mounted around the world.

"Cyberthreats have reached such a scale that they could only be neutralized by combined efforts of the entire international community," Putin said.

"We have repeatedly seen that some nations' egoism, their attempts to act squarely to their own advantages...