The discussion, their first since meeting in Switzerland last month for a major summit, comes days after another massive ransomware attack affected as many as 1,500 businesses around the world.
Russian hacker group demands $70 million ransom in cryptocurrency to end the attack.discussed ransomware attacks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying afterward he was"optimistic" about communications between the two countries going forward.last month for a major summit, comes days after another massive ransomware attack affected as many as 1,500 businesses around the world, according to the software vendor that was impacted.
Biden added that there will still be U.S. consequences for such attacks, without providing details. A senior administration official said Friday the U.S. would be taking action to respond to the latest cyber attacks in the"days and weeks ahead." "We have set up a means of communication now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another when each of us thinks something is happening in the other country that affects the home country -- and so, it went well," Biden said of the call.
"It's not appropriate for me to say what I expect him to do now. But we'll see," The president told reporters.
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