- Us President Biden warned Russian President Putin about rising cyber-attacks.
- The warning came in the wake of recent attacks on US firms by Russian criminals.
- Also, Russia shared a statement stating Putin’s response.
US President Joe Biden recently met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Notably, Biden disclosed that among other things, he warned Putin about the rising ransomware attacks on US companies.
Specifically, President Biden was talking about attacks orchestrated by Russians. According to the New York Times, President Biden stated,
I made it very clear to him that the United States expects when a ransomware operation is coming from his soil, even though it’s not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act if we give them enough information to act on who that is.
In addition, Biden revealed that US officials are looking into more direct responses to ransomware attacks. The FBI assistant special agent in charge of cyber investigati...