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The President, Joe Biden, will request his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin , to act to “stop and prevent ”cyberattacks launched by Russian-based criminal groups against the US. , said the White House on Wednesday.
The presidential spokeswoman, Jen Psaki , reported on her wheel daily press that cybersecurity will be one of the issues that Biden brings up during the scheduled meeting with Putin in Geneva (Switzerland) next 16 from June, the first meeting between the two since the American took office last January.
“President Biden believes that President Putin and the Russian government have a role that play when it comes to stopping and preventing these attacks, “said Psaki.
In this sense, the spokesperson stressed that” when you have criminal entities in a country, you certainly have a responsibility “.
” It is not something acceptable, and we are going to highlight it, “added Psaki.
Psaki’s words come just a day after a new “ransomware” cyberattack was known, this time against one of the largest meat processing companies in the US, JBS, which had to temporarily suspend its operations.
The White House pointed this Tuesday to Russia as the country from which the cyberattack against JBS was launched, whose headquarters are in Brazil and that it is responsible for up to 20% of meat products in the US
“Ransomware” attacks lock down computer systems that are not or they are released until companies or institutions pay a ransom to the pirates.
The attack against JBS has been registered shortly after the criminal organization DarkSide, also based in Russia, will carry out a similar cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline in May , the largest pipeline network in the US, and will affect fuel supply on the country’s east coast for several days.
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