Stop ransomware hackers or US will strike back, Joe Biden warns Putin – Times of India

New York: President Joe Biden warned the president putin of Russia On Friday, time was running out for him to rein in ransomware hacking groups attacking the US, telegraphing that this could be Putin’s last chance to act on Russia harboring cybercriminals, before that America should proceed to eliminate the threat.
Officials said in Biden’s strongest warning to date, he told Putin that the attacks would no longer be treated only as criminal acts, but as national security threats – and thus could lead to a more severe backlash. , officials said. This is an argument that echoes the legal justification used by the US when they move inside other country’s borders to eliminate terrorist groups. “I made it clear to him that we expect him to act if we give him enough information to act on who he is,” Biden told reporters.

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