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Group behind the attacks of more than 360 targets in the u.s. alone hand more than 350 companies around the world alone over the fourth of july weekend has suddenly disappeared from the internet. we don't know who or what was behind the site's vanishing but it comes days after president biden spoke with russian president vladimir putin on the phone and warned him if he did not take action against the ransomware groups that were based in russia, the u.s. would act. joining me now from moscow is nbc moscow nbc news' matt. what more have you learned about this ransomware gang group going off line...

Now, sounds simple. in fact, a little bit complicated because it's the nature of cyber that you can launch attacks from servers all around the world. in fact, some of the russian attacks we have seen have been launched from servers here in the united states. they just rented space on amazon or go daddy. so it's going to be a complex issue, and it's made all the harder by the fact that these ransomware groups, by the administration's own admission, are private criminal groups. it's more like dealing with drug cartels or with terrorist groups that are holding somebody for ransom than it is a dir...

Biden says the two world leaders established a more direct line of communication. he reiterated that there will be consequence force the recent attacks. what exactly does that mean? how does the biden administration plan to deal with russia's growing aggression? here with me is white house and national security correspondent for "the new york times" david sanger. david, thank you for joining us this morning. you reported that biden's warning on friday was his starkest yet. administration officials telling you that these hacks are going to be treated as threats to national security. do you have...

Geneva. it was prompted by another ransomware attack and led to another warning to president putin from president biden. president biden delivering a new warning to russian president vladimir putin tonight. >> the united states expects when ransomware operations are coming from his soil, even though it's not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act. >> reporter: during an hour-long call, biden urged putin to take action to disrupt ransomware groups operating out of russia. >> it went well. i'm optimistic. >> reporter: biden warning the u.s. has the right to respond if the assaults don't s...

In 2016, election influence was the number one threat. today that's been far surpassed by ransomware groups. what's interesting about these groups and what president biden is talking about here is the compliity of the russian government. this is not a group associated with an intelligence agency. this is a crime group. an organized crime group. similar to organized crime groups here in the united states. so a lot of these nation states are allowing these organized crime groups to operate with impunity. and i think his investigation is trying to find out if the russian government had some hand ...