But so far those steps have proved insufficient to deter further attacks. The question for the White House now is whether REvil’s recent attacks come close enough to the red line set by Mr. Biden in Geneva that he cannot let the moment pass, even if the damage to American interests was limited. “We can’t set a red line and just not do anything about it when we’re breached continuously,” he said. The United States may possess what Mr. Biden calls “significant cybercapability” — made clear more than a decade ago when, as vice president, he participated in the meetings on the Stuxnet cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear centrifuges. In recent days, however, a growing number of experts have argued that the United States is now facing such a barrage of attacks that it needs to strike back more forcefully, even if it cannot control the response.

Source: New York Times July 08, 2021 00:24 UTC