EDITORIAL: Girding our cyberloins won’t suffice in face of the modern gangsterism of ransomware and sometimes dark political machinations. It lined up responses following the SolarWinds hack that infiltrated US government agencies and corporations and was traced back to the Kremlin. This time, Biden has told Putin to expect responses if intelligence pins culpability for the latest attacks on Russia. It’s highly debatable whether the best way to confront cyber villainy is to directly mirror its very tactics. But the dangers and damages of cyberattacks worldwide from within not only the likes of Russia but China or North Korea and even private enterprise terrorists who have acquired ransomware, require a combination of measured political retaliation, alongside real efforts to achieve mutually beneficial political co-operation as an alternative to escalation.

Source: Stuff July 05, 2021 16:52 UTC