Cyber concerns dominate Biden-Putin summit | TheHill

President BidenJoe BidenMellman: Trump voters cling to 2020 tale FDA authorizes another batch of J&J vaccine Cotton warns of China collecting athletes' DNA at 2022 Olympics MORE used a summit with Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinHillicon Valley: Big Tech critic Lina Khan named chair of the FTC | Lawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cyber during summit with Putin | TSA working on additional security regulations following Colonial Pipeline hack Overnight Defense: Top admiral shoots back at criticism of 'woke' military | Military guns go missing | New White House strategy to battle domestic extremism Lawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cybersecurity during summit with Putin MORE to confront Moscow over its aggressive behavior in cyberspace and communicate that there would be future consequences if Russian state-backed cyberattacks continue. .

Biden said he gave Putin a list of 16 types of critical infrastructure that should be “off limits” from cyberattacks, such as the energy and water sectors.

Biden also pressed Putin to stop harboring Russian cyber criminals and hold them accountable for attacks overseas, following two major ransomware attacks targeting a major pipeline company and meat supplier.

Indeed, Putin during his own news conference on Wednesday claimed that the U.S.

Since Biden last met with Putin a decade ago as vice president, cybersecurity has become one of the largest areas of contention between the U.S.

The Biden administration has tried to make cybersecurity more of a priority than it was during the Trump administration.

Ahead of the summit, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill urged Biden to take a tough stance against Putin on cybersecurity concerns, including on the potential that Russia was harboring cyber criminals.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerHillicon Valley: Big Tech critic Lina Khan named chair of the FTC | Lawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cyber during summit with Putin | TSA working on additional security regulations following Colonial Pipeline hack Lawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cybersecurity during summit with Putin How Biden can get the infrastructure bill through Congress MORE (D-Va.) tweeted Tuesday that he hoped Biden would make “clear that any exploitation of compromised networks to produce harmful effects will prompt an appropriate and proportional response.”.

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco RubioMarco Antonio RubioPast criticism of Trump becomes potent weapon in GOP primaries Lawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cybersecurity during summit with Putin Five years after the Pulse nightclub massacre the fight for LGBTQ+ rights continues MORE (R-Fla.) wrote Biden a letter Tuesday stressing the need to ensure Putin understood the U.S.

Following the summit, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffLawmakers urge Biden to be tough on cybersecurity during summit with Putin GOP's Stefanik defends Trump DOJ secret subpoenas The Hill's Morning Report - Biden on Putin: 'a worthy adversary' MORE (D-Calif.) praised the summit as being a "new turn" in U.S.-Russia relations

“I am encouraged by the news that Biden provided Putin with a clear list of industries and critical infrastructure that must never be the target of cyber-attacks and hacks, and promised real consequences if Russia did not cooperate in efforts to hold those responsible to account," Schiff said in a statement.