After a new cyber attack on American companies by Russian hackers, Joe Biden reiterated that he will fight hackers

Joe Biden This Wednesday he met with his national security team to study the response to cyber attacks like this weekend against the US company Kaseya, That has affected more than 1,500 companies around the world.

Although the US intelligence has not yet issued any conclusions about the responsibility for the cyber attack, the US president responded unobtrusively to a journalist’s question if he had any messages addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I will pass on (the message) to him.”The head of state said after the meeting at the White House.

The president did not give details about what he was referring to and did not make further statements about the meeting he just had.Which was attended by the heads of the Ministries of State, Justice and National Security, as well as US Vice President Kamal Harris, which also addressed the information that indicated that Suspected Russian hackers have attempted to break into the opposition Republican National Committee’s systems.

White House spokeswoman, Jin PsakiHe then said that the meeting was an “update” for Biden Concerning “Government-wide Efforts to Deal with Ransomware Attacks”A program that hijacks user data in exchange for payment for its release.

“They updated him on his work, strengthened our ability to search (for cyberattacks), our resilience and our ability to report, to deal with payment systems, and the president had a meeting with the heads of the Departments of State, Justice and National Security In addition to Vice President Kamala Harris, after the latest hacking of more than a thousand North American companiesPsaki said during a press conference aboard Air Force One bound for Illinois.

No immediate action came out of the meeting that the White House decided to announce, but Yes, there was talk about “the fact that the president reserves the right to retaliate against any network of “ransomware” and against those who harbor them”The spokeswoman admitted that “The president has a range of options if he decides to take action.”

The last cyber attack happened this Saturday so السبت draped, a software company based Miami (Florida) that provides services to more than 40,000 organizations around the world, though Biden said on Tuesday that the damage to American businesses has been “minimum“.

REvil group, Of Russian origin and experts point out his responsibility, he requested a reward of $ 70 million to allow the affected companies to resume their operations.

Psaki stated on Tuesday that REvil “Working from Russia with subsidiaries around the worldShe emphasized that the United States wasCertainlyIn his talks with the Russian government, which accuses him of not responding forcefully to cyber-attacks against his companies.

“If the Russian government is unable or unwilling to take action against criminal actors residing in Russia, we will do so, or at least we reserve the right to take action on our own.”The spokeswoman warned.

Pentagon spokesperson, John KirbyOn Tuesday, they announced that they would not talk about their specific capabilities or actions Cyber ​​Command, which can carry out offensive and retaliatory attacks via the Internet. “We are all aware of these growing threats to national security, As well as civil infrastructure. We believe it The response of the United States to these threats must come from the entire government.” And it can’t just be a military liability.

Kaseya’s cyberattack comes on the heels of those suffered in recent months in the United States such as the attack colony, the largest pipeline network in the country, and JBS, the largest meat processing company in the world, which was the victim of similar operations by hackers.

But the attacks continued after three weeks Biden raised the issue in direct talks with Putin At a summit in Geneva, there were more calls for the US ruler to take revenge.

(with information from the EFE and AFP)

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