Biden administrator sklicuje 30 držav, da bi se pogovarjali o odkupni programski opremi in mednarodnem kibernetskem kriminalu

V Izjava released October 1, the White House revealed plans to convene 30 nations for cybersecurity month as part of a “whole-of-nation effort to confront cyber threats.” 

"Svoja digitalna vrata moramo zakleniti," je zapisano v izjavi, "na primer s šifriranjem naših podatkov in uporabo večfaktorske avtentikacije - in moramo oblikovati varno tehnologijo, ki potrošnikom omogoča razumevanje tveganj v tehnologijah, ki jih kupujejo."

Očitno si uprava prizadeva zbrati člane Nata in G7 o tem vprašanju. Od burne pomladi so kibernetska varnost in zlasti odkupna programska oprema postale pomembne nacionalne in mednarodne varnostne prioritete.

Unspoken in today’s announcement was the role of Russia. Relations between the White House and the Kremlin have increasingly hinged upon the latter’s involvement with Russia’s ecosystem of cyber gangs. Ransomware was a major sources of contention in conversations between US president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

More recently, Biden’s Treasury issued the U.S.’ first sanctions against a cryptocurrency exchange, Suex. Registered in Prague but based in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Suex was linked to ransomware cashouts as well as dirty crypto exchange BTC-e and darknet market Hydra.