U.S. officials up pressure on firms, foreign adversaries over cyberattacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to battle cybercriminals, and acknowledged President Joe Biden is considering all decisions, along with a navy response, to counter the rising menace.
The Biden administration is “all the alternatives,” to defend the nation in opposition to ransomware criminals, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo acknowledged in an interview on Sunday, when requested if navy movement was being considered.
Raimondo did not ingredient what these decisions might look like, nonetheless acknowledged the topic will probably be on the agenda when the president meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month. The rising menace of cyberattacks has pushed the Biden administration proper right into a additional aggressive stance in opposition to Russia, which is taken into account harboring among the many perpetrators.
“We’re not taking one thing off the desk as we think about attainable repercussions, penalties or …