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English/ Español: Rubio Urges POTUS to Use Meeting With Putin to Deter Future Russian Cyberattacks
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden, ahead of his summit with Vladimir Putin, urging him to send a clear message that the United States will respond to any future cyberattacks by Russian cybercriminals.
“I urge you to make it clear to Putin that the United States will meet any future cyberattack from Russia with a strong response. The U.S. Department of Justice has recently demonstrated its ability to track and penetrate the networks used by Russian cybercriminals in their retrieval of the ransom paid by Colonial pipeline. I urge you to use this meeting to inform Putin that the United States will use these capabilities, and others, to mitigate the effect of future attacks,” Rubio wrote. “In addition, you should open the possibility that the United States will deploy targeted sanctions on Russian officials who enable cyberattacks and will arrest cyber criminals who violate U.S. law when they travel to other countries. I also urge your administration to coordinate these efforts through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which Congress established in 2018.”
The full text of the letter is below.
Dear Mr. President:
I write with regard to your meeting with Vladimir Putin this week in Geneva, Switzerland. As you know, cyber-attacks originating from Russia have targeted American and international companies. The most recent attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS, as well as the Solarwinds attacks earlier this year, indicate these attacks are now increasing in frequency.
I urge you to make it clear to Putin that the United States will meet any future cyberattack from Russia with a strong response. The U.S. Department of Justice has recently demonstrated its ability to track and penetrate the networks used by Russian cybercriminals in their retrieval of the ransom paid by Colonial pipeline. I urge you to use this meeting to inform Putin that the United States will use these capabilities, and others, to mitigate the effect of future attacks. In addition, you should open the possibility that the United States will deploy targeted sanctions on Russian officials who enable cyberattacks and will arrest cyber criminals who violate U.S. law when they travel to other countries. I also urge your administration to coordinate these efforts through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which Congress established in 2018. In the near future, I will be introducing legislation to give your administration greater tools to address the scourge of ransomware and target foreign governments that knowingly provide safe haven for cyber criminals.
Putin’s record of egregious behavior has consistently shown that when presented with an opportunity to advance his interests, he will do so with no regard for human rights, democratic freedoms, and his international commitments. He continues to unjustly detain American citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, on false charges of espionage. His regime has abused Russian law to harass independent media outlets, such as RFE/RL, Meduza and VTimes. Russian courts recently designated Russia’s most popular opposition organization, Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Organization, with the same status it reserves for terrorist groups. In Ukraine, his military continues to illegally occupy Crimea and back separatist authorities in Donbas, in contradiction to Russia’s promises to honor Ukrainian territorial integrity in the Budapest Memorandum. I believe the same holds true regarding cyberattacks originating from Russia. Whether or not his regime is directly responsible for these attacks, he will allow them to continue so long as the U.S. response is weak. Only a strong and clear message will deter Putin from engaging in behavior detrimental to a stable U.S.-Russia relationship.
I stand ready to assist you in enacting policies that will increase the United States’ deterrence to cyberattacks originating from Russia. Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Sincerely,
RUBIO INSTA A POTUS A UTILIZAR SU REUNIÓN CON PUTIN PARA DISUADIR FUTUROS CIBERATAQUES DE RUSIA
Washington, DC – El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) envió una carta al presidente Joe Biden, previo a su cumbre con Vladimir Putin, instándolo a enviar un mensaje claro que Estados Unidos responderá a cualquier ataque cibernético futuro de los ciberdelincuentes rusos.
Rubio es vicepresidente del Comité de Inteligencia del senado de EE.UU. y miembro del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del senado de EE.UU.
El texto de la carta en inglés está aquí.