States is mulling military action to counter cyber attacks in fact cyber crimes are going to be one of the key areas to focus when US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet on June 16th us officials have been increasing pressure on companies as well as foreign Nations to step up fight against hackers us had earlier accused Russia of providing a safe haven to hackers remember Washington also accused Moscow of meddling in the 2016 US president presidential elections recently several us establishments have been targeted a major fuel pipeline was attacked by hackers in
and the world's largest meat Packer was targeted by cybercriminals last weekend US Energy Secretary recently said that adversaries have the ability to shut down the country's entire power grid the attacks prompted the Bison Administration to ask private firms to be more transparent about cyber crimes and to report these incidents to the authorities this as it was found that firms have made ransomware payments authorities say that hacking attacks on crucial sectors like energy can endanger National Security
some lawmakers have even called for such payments to be made illegal
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