Rate Of Russian Ransomware Attacks Has Yet To Slow Down
Newsy
A former government cyber official says the rate of the attacks hasn't gone down, but the scale of them has.
About six months ago, President Joe Biden gave Russian President Vladmir Putin an ultimatum — clamp down on ransomware operators within Russia, or suffer consequences.
“I talked about the proposition that certain critical infrastructure should be off limits to attack — period — by cyber or any other means […] We’ll find out within the next six months to a year whether or not we actually have a strategic dialogue that matters," President Biden said.
Yet, it's difficult to tell whether Russian ransomware activity has actually changed based on President Biden's threat. This week, three federal agencies put out new guidance for businesses to best prepare for mitigating Russian state-sponsored attacks to critical infrastructure.
