Joe Biden has warned that the US will retaliate if it finds out Russia was behind the mass cyberattack that hit at least 1,000 American firms in the run-up to July 4 weekend. He added: 'If it is either with the knowledge of and/or a consequence of Russia, then I told Putin we will respond.' The warning comes after the two leaders met at the Geneva Summit last month, where Biden warned Putin there would be consequences if ransomware attacks continued to hit the US from Russia. Joe Biden warned that the US will retaliate if it finds out Russia was behind the mass cyberattack that hit at least 1,000 firms in the run-up to July 4 weekend. Around 200 US businesses were impacted by a 'colossal' cyber attack Friday, paralyzing their computer networks.

Source: The Nation July 04, 2021 00:11 UTC