- Biden Warns Putin to crack down on Russian ransomware attack
- Partial recovery of Bitcoin (BTC) paid to ransomware attackers.
- Biden gave Putin a list of 16 critical sectors.
During a conversation with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Joe Biden warned Putin to crack down on Russian ransomware attacks. To defend its people and infrastructure after the latest ransomware attack. Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer, he is serving as the current president of Russia.
Biden warned Putin that he would hold Russia accountable for cyberattacks that originate there even if they not directly connected to the Kremlin.
Accordingly, U.S. President Biden states,
“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 on what that is”.
Furthermore, the following comments from Biden noting that U.S. officials weighing directly response to ransomware attacks beyond what has happened previously. Includes the partial recovery of Bitcoin (BTC) paid to ransomware attackers.
Moreover, Biden said there would be prominences if the Russian president Putin did not act to constraint the cyberattacks on the USA and elsewhere but predicted it wouldn’t come to that.
Henceforth, the comments have come after the U.S authorities start investigating ransomware attacks on American information technology firms. This simultaneously affected a range of businesses worldwide.
Even more, Biden stated that they gave Putin a list of 16 critical sectors that would warrant a response if attacked. And that it would take six months to a year to know whether or not we have a strategic dialogue that matters.