Biden took control of cybersecurity of largest US companies

US President Joe Biden took to save the largest American companies from Kiberatach and called them seriously to engage in the strengthening of their protection. For this politician will sign a memorandum of cybersecurity of the critical infrastructure of the United States, writes Reuters.

Thus, Biden launches a new state-private initiative to control the protection systems of the most important American companies, including those owned by water treatment plants and power plants. Recommendations for safety improvement will be voluntary.

“The lack of mandatory infrastructure security requirements are the main reason why cyber attacks are taking place,” said the source Reuters.

One of the last hacker attacks touched the Kaseya software maker. Then Bloomberg suggested that a hacker group Revil could stand at the attack, which the agency associates with Russia. The US and Great Britain’s special services also accused the main recovery (GRU) in cyber attacks on public and private structures around the world. The Russian side has rejected such accusations every time. In addition, in response to statements by American politicians in Moscow, they reminded their claims to Washington: So, the first sent to the Americans more than 40 appeals because of the cyber to state structures and systems of the Russian Federation.

/Media reports.