{"id":41345,"date":"2021-06-14T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/g7-nations-call-out-russia-for-harbouring-ransomware-crims-ahead-of-biden-putin-powwow\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T21:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:29:10","slug":"g7-nations-call-out-russia-for-harbouring-ransomware-crims-ahead-of-biden-putin-powwow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/g7-nations-call-out-russia-for-harbouring-ransomware-crims-ahead-of-biden-putin-powwow\/","title":{"rendered":"G7 nations call out Russia for harbouring ransomware crims ahead of Biden-Putin powwow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The G7 summit of western countries has called upon Russia to “identify, disrupt, and hold to account those within its borders who conduct ransomware attacks, abuse virtual currency to launder ransoms, and other cybercrimes.”<\/p>\n

Coming after an 18-month period where ransomware gangs mostly operating out of Russia and Russian-allied countries have wrought havoc on the West, the statement is part of an increasing willingness<\/a> to confront Russia’s inaction over criminal gangs based on its turf.<\/p>\n

A public G7 communique issued over the weekend as the politico-media gathering jetted off home from the summit’s Cornwall location said “we reaffirm our call on Russia to stop its destabilising behaviour” and called on the rest of the world to join in a broader effort to “urgently identify and disrupt ransomware criminal networks operating from within their borders, and hold those networks accountable for their actions.”<\/p>\n