WH Spox Psaki: US-Russia Cyber Security Talks Expected to be Held Next Week

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• WH Spox Psaki says "Expert-level talks on cybersecurity are ongoing between the US and Russia. We expect to have a new (expert - IF) meeting next week that will focus on cyberattacks aimed at extortion."
  • Biden will meet with various agency leaders behind closed doors today to discuss ransomware and ways to combat it
• Russian Embassy says "baseless" US accusations in the cybersecurity space hinder Russia-US discussions.
  • Says it strongly rejects "fabricated" allegations of Russian hacking of the Republican National Committee computer systems, saying there is "no evidence that the attack took place."
• Senior Diplomat Ryabkov says the window of opportunity to normalise US-Russia ties is now greater than it was before the Geneva Summit, and it would be unforgivable to pass up such an opportunity.
  • Says, however, a backlog of years of issues and negative attitude towards Russia in US media and on Capitol hill impedes progress in this regard
• J&J says it is ready to supply its vaccine to Russia, saying it will cooperate with all interested parties to promote its product in Russia on a not-for-profit basis