President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday and discussed recent ransomware cyberattacks that affected US companies. According to the White House, Biden told Putin that Russia must “take action” to “disrupt ransomware groups operating in Russia.”
Ransomware is a type of malware virus that threatens to publish data or block access to data if the victim does not pay a ransom to the hacker. US companies were targeted in ransomware attacks by a group called REvil that is believed to be based in Russia.
The White House said that Biden warned Putin the US “will take any necessary action to defend its people and its critical infrastructure” in the face of these ransomware attacks. When asked by reporters if Russia would face “consequences” for these cyber incidents, Biden simply replied, “Yes.”
When Biden and Putin met in Geneva on June 16th, the two leaders agreed to coordinate on cyberattacks. According to a Kremlin statement on Friday’s discussion between the two leaders, since the Geneva summit, the US had made no requests to cooperate on cyberattacks.
“In the context of the recent reports about a series of cyberattacks allegedly originating from Russia, Vladimir Putin noted that despite the Russian side’s readiness for joint efforts to stop crimes in the information space, no inquiries on these matters came from the United States’ security agencies in the past month,” the Kremlin said, according to the Russian news agency Tass.
The Gulf of Mexico’s deep canyons must be hectic game of pinging between adversaries.
Does President Biden plan on notifying Congress and the American people when he’ll declare WW III? One doesn’t galvanize a nation that way anymore than lying about US hyperinflation.
It would be for America’s existential concerns that Biden to resign; however, Harris and Pelosi are only capable of running an ice cream stand.
Harris and Pelosi do not have to run anything. They’ve only got to make the right noises.
“Harris and Pelosi do not have to run anything.”
Give it another three and one-half years. The night is young.
Not only did Stuxnet originate from USA; but very directly from the US Gov’t.
He’s like the card shark who kicks over the table outraged that his opponent is cheating.
The hackers like in the past are probably in Ukraine. Does Biden want Russia to invade Ukraine?
If this is true, the US has nothing, and Biden is simply running his mouth.
Agreed, and moreover, according to Alexander Mercouris, it’s all just cover for the real content of the discussion which concerned the disposition of Eastern Europe and the Mid-East. The Deep State wants to focus on China.
I wonder if USA could link the Russian cyber-criminals to the Russian Government – I doubt that there is a direct link — probably like any such link between the Mafia and the US Government.