Putin calls U.S. ransomware allegations an attempt to stir pre-summit trouble
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that choices the Russian state was linked to extreme profile ransomware assaults throughout the United States have been absurd and an attempt to stir trouble ahead of his summit this month with U.S. President Joe Biden.
A hack of Brazilian meatpacker JBS’s providers throughout the United States, reported this week, is the third such ransomware hack throughout the nation since Biden took office in January.
JBS knowledgeable the White House it originated from a felony organisation potential primarily based in Russia.
The White House said on Wednesday that Biden, who’s due to preserve talks with Putin in Geneva on June 16, was anticipated to speak concerning the hacking assaults with the Russian chief to see what Moscow could do to forestall such cyber assaults.
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