WASHINGTON: Russia is not invited to attend a virtual meeting of 30 countries led by the United States aimed at fighting the decline in the threat of ransomware and other cyber crimes, said a senior administrative official.
Many ransomware gangs operate from Ukraine and Russia, said the private sector cybersecurity experts.
Some officials and analysts A.S.
Saying Russian Ransomware gang operates with a secret approval of the Kremlin, but is not directly controlled by the government.
The meeting will be held for two days, involving six sessions and including topics such as handling virtual currency abuse to make a ransom payment, demanding ransomware criminals, using diplomacy to fight Ransomware, and help countries become more resilient to the attack, administration.
said official.
Along with the United States, four countries including India, Australia, Germany and the UK will lead discussions about topics such as disorders, virtual currency and diplomacy.
Others join meetings include Canada, France, Britain, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Ukraine, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, the European Union.
“We experienced active discussions with Russia, but in this special forum they were not invited to participate,” said senior administrative officials, adding this did not prevent Russia from participating in future events.
The official said the United States was directly involved with Russia about the problem of ransomware under the US-Kremlin expert group, led by the White House and was founded by President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The official said the discussion with Russia was underway, A.S.
have shared information about certain criminal actors in Russia and that the country has taken the first steps to overcome the problem raised.
President Joe Biden has increased response to Cybersecurity security for most administrative levels after a series of this year’s attack threatening to disrupt energy and US food supplies.
Hackers caused fuel disruption in the eastern United States in May when they target pipes run by colonial pipes.
Biden administration hopes that their new informal group, which they call counter-ransomware initiatives will increase their diplomatic boost which has included direct talks with Russia and the NATO alliance and seven groups of rich countries.