Biden on the promise to Putin to bring cybercriminals to justice: we did it 
American leader Joe Biden announced that he fulfilled the given to Russian President Vladimir Putin a promise to bring cybercriminals to justice. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
When I met with President Putin in June, I made it clear that the US would take action to bring cybercriminals to justice. We did it today
Joe BidenPresident of the United States
Biden added that Washington is using the full power of the federal government to thwart malicious cyber activity and criminals and strengthen defenses in the United States. He stressed that the United States plans to combat the abuse of virtual currency for ransom money laundering.
According to the US President, the country is using international cooperation to “destroy the extortion ecosystem and fight the havens of criminals who use software ransomware “.
Ransomware virus
In May, Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline operator in the United States, reported that it had been attacked by a ransomware virus. CNN journalists were convinced that a group of Russian hackers and their DarkSide community were behind the cyberattack. The TV channel stressed that due to the cyberattack, the operation of the pipeline, which supplies 45 percent of the population of the US East Coast with fuel, was suspended.
At the same time, Joe Biden stressed that Russia was not behind the incident. However, the head of the White House said that the cybercriminals who perpetrated the attack “are on Russian territory.”
On May 15, the hacker group DarkSide announced its self-dissolution. According to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal, the members of the association made this decision due to the fact that they are increasingly pressured by law enforcement agencies and Washington.
Accusations of Russia in hacker attacks
In May, Tom Burt, VP of User Security for Microsoft, talked about new hacker attacks against a number of research, consulting and nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the United States. He argued that the attack could be behind the “Nobelium group from Russia.”
In July, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken promised to punish hackers on Russian territory if Moscow did not do it. According to him, in the course of interaction with the Russian side, Washington gave a clear signal that countries that harbor cybercriminals are responsible for taking appropriate measures.
Blinken also spoke about the horrors of “technological authoritarianism” in Russia and China. According to him, in these countries in the IT-areas are “wrong” and “dangerous”.
In October, CNN, citing experts in the field of cybersecurity, reported that a group of hackers, allegedly based on the territory of Russia, has made attempts in recent months to hack government networks in the United States and several European countries. We are talking about hackers who allegedly carried out cyberattacks on American government structures last year, as well as an attack using SolarWinds software, in which the United States accuses Russia and Moscow denies its involvement.
In November, the United States filed charges against Russian citizen Evgeny Polyanin in a cyber extortion case worth up to $ 13 million.
At the moment, the REvil ransomware program has been used on about 175 thousand computers worldwide, at least 200 have been paid million dollar ransom
Merrick Garland Chief Justice
After that, FBI Director Christopher Ray warned the hackers, who are allegedly hiding in Russia from the US authorities, about the “long arm of the law.”
Elections
Russia has been repeatedly accused of interfering in the 2016 US elections. American journalists and officials claimed that “Russian hackers” had stolen Democratic correspondence and published it on the Internet, and also tried to infiltrate the electronic counting system. In addition, Putin was accused of personally convincing former US President Donald Trump that Ukraine interfered in the American elections.
In April 2019, US Special Prosecutor Mueller published a report on Moscow's interference in the presidential elections 2016, which Trump won. It says that the Russian side did interfere in the American electoral process, but at the same time, the existing suspicions about the connection between the Russian side and Trump could not be confirmed. Later, a federal court in Washington ruled that the connection of the “troll factory” with the Kremlin was also not proven.
In September 2020, it was reported that hackers, allegedly acting on behalf of Russia, attempted to undermine Joe Biden's campaign during the elections. It was noted that the victims of the hack were the employees of SKDKnickerbocker, which leads the strategy and communications of Biden's headquarters, as well as serves other prominent Democrats.
Russian opinion
Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov said that Washington is the main participant in the quiet “cold war” in cyberspace of different countries.
As the British Financial Times wrote, “American officials and experts admit that American spy agencies – in particular the NSA – are constantly engaged in the very activity of carrying out hacker attacks on foreign governments, about which they express their outrage in Washington.” … And that says it all
Alexey Pushkov Member of the Federation Council
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in turn, stressed that Moscow is determined to continue contacts with Washington on cybersecurity issues. He stressed that the closed mode of negotiations contributes to the achievement of results in the Russian-American consultation.
In October, Russia and the United States submitted a joint resolution on cybersecurity to the UN General Assembly for consideration. The document deals not only with the process of implementing voluntary rules for responsible behavior, but also with the possible introduction of certain mandatory rules in the future.