Biden urges Putin to crack down on hackers

US president Joe Biden spent an hour on the phone to Russian president Vladimir Putin following the Kaseya attack, insisting that Russia do more to prevent hacker gangs. Cybersecurity has rapidly become one of Biden’s biggest concerns since he took office in January, following a series of high-profile attacks on US organisations. It is suspected that many gangs responsible for these attacks are based in Russia. Biden has made it clear that he expects Russia to do more to combat the attacks and that he is prepared to retaliate if incidents continue.