Biden Administration Hit for Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board January 26, 2022 By Alan Suderman It’s a key part of President Joe Biden’s plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns: creating a...
Ransomware Attacks Not High-Profile or Front Page News But Still Happening Frequently December 21, 2021 By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs...
‘We Cannot Do This Alone.’ Biden Cyber Crime Fighter Seeks Corporate Help. October 21, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has a message for corporate America: The U.S. Justice Department needs its help in...
White House Plans 30-Country Meeting to Combat Ransomware and Cyber Crime October 4, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat...
What Insurance Firms Promised at White House Cybersecurity Summit August 26, 2021 Four insurance firms — Travelers, Coalition, Resilience Cyber Solutions and Vantage Group— were among the participants in the White House...
White House, Big Tech, Insurers Vow to ‘Raise the Bar’ on Cybersecurity August 26, 2021 By Andrea Shalal The U.S. government on Wednesday said it would work with industry to hammer out new guidelines to improve the security...
Insurance Is on Agenda at Today’s White House Cyber Summit With Tech Leaders August 25, 2021 By Christopher Bing The White House is hosting an event on Wednesday that will bring together the largest U.S. technology companies for a...
Biden Under Pressure to Counter Growing Ransomware Threat July 8, 2021 By William Turton, Jennifer Jacobs and Jordan Fabian President Joe Biden on Wednesday discussed the possibility of responding to a spate of ransomware attacks against U.S. entities that...
FBI Chief Wray Warns Cyber-Attacked Firms Not to Pay Ransoms June 11, 2021 By Chris Strohm and Alyza Sebenius Companies and organizations that are victims of ransomware attacks shouldn’t pay hackers to unlock their data and should quickly contact...
Biden Signs Executive Order on Cyber Information Sharing, Safety Practices May 13, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Jennifer Jacobs President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity by improving information sharing about attacks...