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US-Russia ties: Biden tells Putin to act on cybercrime

  • July 09, 2021

US President Joe Biden has warned his Russian counterpart that Moscow had to “take action” against cybercriminals, the White House said Friday.

In a one-hour phone call, Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin the US reserves the right to “defend its people and its critical infrastructure,.’

It comes after a ransomware attack by the REvil hacking group caused chaos to 1,500 US businesses last weekend.

The White House said that Biden pushed Putin “to disrupt ransomware groups operating in Russia” as the hacker threat became an urgent US national security problem.

Biden said he was “optimistic” at the end of the conversation. He made clear the US expected Moscow’s cooperation on cyberattacks that originate in Russia.

How serious have the cyberattacks been?

In May, an attack on Colonial Pipeline, that provides fuel to half the East Coast of the United States, forced the company to stop its operations cutting fuel supply to some areas.

Colonial Pipeline had to paya $4.4 million (€3.7 million) ransom to get it running again, although the FBI managed to get most of that figure back last month from the dark web.

Another cyberattack on top meat processor JBS SA led to the company paying out $11 million to the hackers and losing millions more after it was forced to halt operations.

jc/rt (AP, dpa, Reuters)

Article source: https://www.dw.com/en/us-russia-ties-biden-tells-putin-to-act-on-cybercrime/a-58222333?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

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