SecondA series of cyber attacks in the past few months have put the US government on alert.Now has a president Joe Biden Invited the CEOs of some of America’s most famous technology companies to the White House and asked them to support the fight against hackers. Biden said: “Most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and the government cannot deal with this challenge alone.” Guests include Tim Cook from Apple, Satya Nadella from Microsoft, and Google’s Alphabet-Holding’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Andy Jassy.
The president said that managers “have the ability, have the ability, and I believe that they have the responsibility to raise the threshold of network security.” He pointed out that the shortage of experts makes it difficult to keep up with the pace of hackers. An estimated 500,000 positions are vacant.
The content of the detailed discussions between Biden and the senior management is not yet clear. According to his introduction, the rest of the activities were carried out behind closed doors. Several companies represented later announced cybersecurity plans. Microsoft For example, promise to invest 20 billion US dollars in this field in the next five years. In addition, the government will receive $150 million worth of services, including upgrading its security systems. Google pledged to invest 10 billion U.S. dollars and also announced a training program to help 100,000 Americans qualify in areas such as privacy and security.
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Biden says cyber security From the beginning, his government put it first. The president took office a few weeks after the massive cyberattack in December, apparently the Russian attackers were behind the scenes. Hackers installed malicious software in widely used software from the American supplier Solarwinds, allowing them to gain access to the systems of their customers, including companies and U.S. government agencies. Many other serious hacking attacks occurred that year.
The attack on the Colony Pipeline Company temporarily paralyzed oil supplies in parts of the country, while the attack on the meat company JBS shut down plants in North America and Australia. Both are ransomware attacks, extorting ransom from the company. In both cases, hackers who are said to have ties to Russia are responsible for this. At a meeting in June, Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold these cybercriminals accountable, as he now emphasized again in his activities with technical managers. The Russian leadership knows who and where the hacker is.
Biden’s alliance with tech giants in cyber security is somewhat balanced because of his complicated relationship with the industry. He often criticizes the company, for example, he accused Facebook of spreading false information about the coronavirus pandemic. He also referred to well-known critics of “tech giants” as influential positions in the government.
