In the future, the United States will hold Russia responsible for all cyber attacks from Russian soil, regardless of whether the Kremlin and the Russian leadership are directly involved. Joe Biden reported this by phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also told him that the United States would take “all necessary steps” after a recent series of virus extortion attacks.
The US has been ineffectively fighting cyberattacks for some time – My article on difficulties was published only this morning. One of the difficulties is the so-called attribution in the profession, which basically means detecting the offender. The difficulties may be illustrated by the fact that although we collectively classify the perpetrators of attacks as hacker groups in the press, the “groups” identified during the 2016 election did not actually nominate a group of people, but rather categorized the attacks on the basis of the methods and tools used .
It is also hampered by the fact that it is difficult to provide a proportionate response to such attacks, particularly in a manner that does not lead to escalation—particularly when retaliation hits an actor, perhaps the Russian government, who might otherwise be affected.
The final solution is that Biden and the US government will continue to hold Russia responsible for Russian territory and/or attacks by Russians in general. According to the White House, during their phone conversation on Friday, Biden stressed that Russia itself must take action against groups operating in Russia that carry out such extortion attacks related to the coronavirus. If it was launched by non-governmental agencies.” “Things went well and I’m optimistic,” Biden said of the conversation. (Via Washington Post)