Cyber security, a
"critical national security challenge"
for Joe Biden.
The American president received yesterday the senior leaders of Gafam, bringing together Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.
CEOs from the financial industry like JPMorgan Chase and representatives from the energy, education and insurance sectors were also invited.
On the menu, a general mobilization against this new scourge, cyber attacks which have already shown their ability to paralyze the economy.
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This event took place after a series of ransomware attacks, where cybercriminals compromise files in order to recover often high ransoms.
“We have seen time and time again how the technologies we rely on, from our cell phones, to pipelines, to power grids, can become targets of hackers and criminals,”
Biden said.
Insurers at the forefront
In May, for example, hackers associated with a cybergang in Russia launched an attack on
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