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Experts say these hacks cost the american economy hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions of dollars annually and say its quickly increasing. in order to fight future attacks the administration says it will take a shared responsibility from every-day americans. in the meantime the white house is imploing executives to discuss vulnerabilities and asking them to make sure they back up their data, update security patches often and test their response plans. more jobs but not enough worker...

>> i think backups are an absolute critical part of the equation and it was in the presidents recommendation to corporate leadership to better protect themselves. number one on the list was better backup. number two, assess for vulnerabilities and patch your system. the issue is there is a lot of work to be done and corporate leadership hasnt historically focused on cybersecurity as a fundamental part of business risk. i think the landscape today and over the last several years has radically cha...

Operations. but theres no question we can all do more and the point im trying to make is theres never going to be stasis here. well never have adequate defenses. as long as there are valuable assets at stake here people will try to hold them at risk. so this is a new reality. we get a lot out of information technology but it leaves us vulnerable and we have to protect against the vulnerabilities. there has to be a continuing focus of attention. >> ambassador, ive heard this not just from you. im...

Are -- that are classified. but that include changing the rules for initiating offensive cyberoperations. you know, its not enough to be defensive. i think you need to create structures of deterrence. and we reversed a lot of what had been done in the obama administration, that inhibited our ability to engage in offensive cyberoperations. but there is no question, we can all do more. and the point i am trying to make is theres never going to be stasis here. were never going to have adequate defe...

Governments, on water facilities. i do get the sense, at least from the folks i talk to in the private sector, cyber intelligence world, that programs the crew, the darkside crew with colonial overstepped, right? they didnt necessarily know they were going to be knocking out the pipeline and gas supplies to the southeast. and so theres been a bit of a reckoning in that community. but its a clear indication that we have massive vulnerabilities and due to the unregulated nature of our private sect...

Other things that could even be much worse. >> i think thats true. i think we have seen over the last year more. weve seen ransomware attacks on hospitals, on state and local governments, on water facilities. i do get the sense, at least from the folks i talk to in the private sector, cyber intelligence world, that programs the crew, the darkside crew with colonial overstepped, right? they didnt necessarily know they were going to be knocking out the pipeline and gas supplies to the southeast. a...

The REvil ransomware gang is interviewed on the Telegram channel called Russian OSINT.

Cox Media Group tv, radio station streams affected by a reported ransomware attack.

Judges rule that Georgia police officer did not violate CFAA when he accessed law-enforcement data in exchange for bribe money, a ruling that takes heat off ethical hackers.

Years. >> and chris krebs with your sort of view of our glass house nature of our vulnerabilities, how likely do you see the scenario chris lays out for this meeting in two weeks. >> i think the messaging has already begin. when you look at some of the communications that have come out of the u.s. government this week alone between the deputy attorney general, yesterdays memo about prioritizing ransomware, the fbi director, the deputy national security adviser, that all builds on the work that m...