Biden to meet with federal agencies to address ransomware concerns this week
District of Columbia | July 7, 2021
President Biden on Wednesday will meet with officials at several federal agencies to discuss solutions for confronting the ongoing wave of ransomware attacks.
“Tomorrow the president will convene key leaders across the interagency, including the State Department, Department of Justice, DHS [Department of Homeland Security] and members of the intelligence community to discuss ransomware and our overall strategic efforts to counter it,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday.
She stressed that the spike in ransomware attacks, including one Friday on software group Kaseya that potentially compromised up to 1,500 companies, was a key topic of concern for Biden.
“It is something that from day one he has made a priority and has asked his team to focus on where we can have an impact, how we can better work with the private sector, and what we can do across the federal government to help address and reduce ransomware attacks on our critical infrastructure but also on a range of entities in the United States,” Psaki said…
(Excerpts from the Hill)