although the cryptocurrency of the pipeline hackers may be a significant blow to cybercriminal groupsia experts believe it likely won't do much to prevent future attacks. >> i don't know ifwi deter them but pause to think what their next steps might be. >> reporter: now the biden administration is warning businesses to protect themselves saying no company is safe from these attacks, and it's emphasizing once a cyberattack happens, immediate communication with federal authorities is crucial. mona. >> ike, thank you. >>> the biden administration is expected to issue a report today that finds nearly 4,000 migrant children were separated from their families during the trump administration. sources say hundreds of kids were returned to their home countries, but many others have not been reunited with their families. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris arrived arrived in mexico overnight where she urged people not to come to the u.s. saying the u.s. will, quote, continue to enforce our laws and secure borders. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez says this is disappointing to see, fir

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, and to bringing cybercriminals to justice. >> reporter: that comes as the latest poll shows 49% ofricans have a good or great amount of trust in biden to negotiate with putin. overnight, biden wrapping up his g7 trip in england where leaders offered a global plan to fight the pandemic and fight climate change. queen elizabeth joined him for tea at windsor castle. biden says he hopes to find areas where the u.s. and russia can work together. mona? >> ike, thank you. >>> let's turn now to karen travers in brussels. before we get to vladimir putin, what's at stake? it was pretty much dismissed by former president trump. >> reporter: mona, the president is once again saying america is back. his message today at the nato summit is that the u.s. is committed to this military alliance, something that world leaders are very eager to hear because as you say, president trump threatened to pull the united states out of nato. on the agenda today t climate change, china, russia and afghanistan as the president is pulling all u.s. forces out of afghanistan this fall by the anniversary of the sep

norah, this announcement was clearly meant to send a message to the cybercriminals just like >> norah, this announcement was clearly meant to the one on thursday, in which the department of justice announced that it was going to investigate these ransomware cases like terrorism cases and that means following the money or in this case bitcoin. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. well, tonight there is a new weapon in the fight against alzheimer disease. the f.d.a. just approved a new t al drug to fight the major cause of alzheimer despite concerns about the cost and its effectiveness. here's cbs' dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: it is the first drug for alzheimer approved in the nearly two decades. the f.d.a. saying it is urgently needed to treat the devastating disease affecting more than 6 million americans. the drug, called aduhelm clears away clumps of protein in the brain, so-called "amyloid plaques" that are characteristic of the disease. >> this treatment ushers in a nenew era in alzheimer treatmen. going beyond just that symptom treatment to underlying biology. >> reporter

says darkside, the russian cybercriminals linked to the ransomware attack were leaving digital fingerprints valuable to investigators. among the clues a cryptocurrency address where colonial was ordered to send a $4.3 million payment to restore its operations. newly released court documents show investigators used what they uncovered to track those funds to an online digital wallet operated by the cybergang. and then obtained the wallet's private key-enabling agents to seize the funds. >> we turned the tables on darkside. >> reporter: lisa monaco is the deputy attorney general. >> the department of justice has found and recaptured the majority of the ransom colonial paid. >> reporter: experts say they are fighting an uphill battle against cybercriminals which fbi f.b.i. director christopher ray compared on friday to the 9/11 terror attacks. investigating 100 types of ransomware including one last week which disrupted j.b.s. the largest meat distributer in the world. >> norah, this announcement was clearly meant to send a message to the cybercriminals just like the one on thursday, in which

the white house is also clarified the president's comments about possibly trading cybercriminals withsia. putin said during an interview yesterday he's open to that idea. here's what president biden said when he was asked about whether or not he's open to it. >> yes, i'm open to, if there's crimes committed against russia, that in fact are -- and the people committing those crimes being harbored in the united states, i'm committed to holding him accountable. and i heard that, i was told as i was flying here, that he said that. i think that's potentially a good sign of progress. >> white house national security adviser jake sullivan later clarified those remarks telling reporters cybercriminals are already held to account in the u.s. and there's no one that the president is looking at treating. joining us from brussels where president biden has approved following the summit is nbc news' mike memoli. mike, thank you, i know you had a busy weekend. what was standing out to you, and what do you expect to come out today? >> reporter: well, kasie in terms of the g7 summit as we saw it wrap

there are a number of criminal groups, cybercriminals operating from russian soil.panies, as long as they don't hurt the regime, they can operate with a lot of impunity in terms of any reaction from the kremlin. but it's more than that, chuck. it's also that they could be tasked, and this is the same situation in china as well where other cybercriminals can act with the indulgence of the chinese government, but also they can be given instructions, we want this data, we want this trade secret, we want you to infiltrate these government agents and provide us the data. so it's a symbiotic relationship between these governments and between these groups, and that ought to give us leverage to go after not just the groups but the countries that are hosting them. >> you say it ought to give us leverage. if i look back at what we've done, the hacking situation going back to 2016, the first couple years, most of the general public, they didn't necessarily feel the day to day. the only time a hack got in their way was when their credit card companies told them they had to get

. >> reporter: this all coming as the fbi blames a cybercriminal group based in russia of hacking into the world's largest meat supplier. jbs says it's on schedule to resume production at all of its american plants today, but the days long shutdown could cause meat prices to climb similar to how another hack from a russian-based group affected u.s. gas supplies and prices last month. >> there is a lot of speculation as to what's the motivation behind this rash of hacks. clearly one of those motivations is to show the united states that their proxy groups are capable of doing these things. >> reporter: according to the cybersecurity firm black fog damages from it could hit $6 trillion this year alone doubling since 2015. abc's mary bruce asking president biden if he will take action against russia ahead of his meeting with president putin later this month >> mr. president, will you retaliate against russia for this latest ransomware attack? >> wting you? >> no. >> reporter: the white house has not blamed the kremlin directly however it has suggested that russia is harboring cybercrimina

america's food, transportation and fuel under attack by cybercriminals from around the globe. new york city reveals its subway and buses were hit by a group in china. the ferry from nantucket to martha's vineyard also hacked. with -- what could be hit next? what the white house is saying this morning. >>> sprint to the finish. president biden unveiling a sweeping plan to get 70% of adult americans vaccinated by the fourth of july. the newest incentives and the warning for those still unvaccinated. cdc director rochelle walensky on "gma" this morning. >>> shocking standoff. a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl armed with an ak-47 and shotgun firing on officers for hours. what the body camera footage reveals. >> don't make me do this. don't do this. >> and what police say the boy told them once he was in custody. >>> a major headline from the nfl. the league agrees to work to end the controversial practice known as race-norming in neurological examinations which made it harder for black former players to collect money from the landmark concussion settlement. it says it will re

and the nations that harbor cybercriminals.he private sector probably has the largest role to play here. we know the federal government cannot protect us and businesses need to better manage their systems and assess for v vulnerable its. make sure the accounts they use are protected and they don't have too great an access and ability to cause disruption. and there is a role for citizens. better protect yourself. do the things that you would would do to protect your privacy and secure your own computers. if we do those things, the cyber landscape will look radically different. >> i'm glad he mentioned deterrence. the russian hackers have been this a long time going back to 2007 and havoc they wreaked on his histonia. what kind of cost can the biden administration impose on these hackers to deter them? >> the difficult part is the hackers are in denied territory, either inside russia or countries that will not move to extradite them after they get a doj complaint. the scary thing is that each one of these attacks, though, shows t

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russian president vladimir putin said his country would agree to hand over cybercriminals to the us iferica agreed to do the same with russia. many are skeptical pointing to pruden's senile oppression links to recent ransom where attacks on colonial pipeline and meat processor jb us. mike pompeo says the biden administration needs to punish not only the criminal organizations behind these attacks but nations that harbor them. >> make sure we impose those costs to vladimir putin who is allowing this to take place can actually feel the costs and convince them it is in his best interest to stop this from happening anend stop attacking america, not much different from other kinds of attacks on the united states. >> reporter: president biden says cyber security is amon the key challenges the us and its allies suggest in the 21st century and the administration strengthening these alliances will present a united front. >> when it comes to looking for action to deal with things like ransom where we are in a stronger position with tools of our own and the international community with us to elic

from faceless cybercriminals targeting key american infrastructure and businesses.he white house blaming russian-based hackers for an attack this week on jbs, the world's largest meat supplier. and of course, last month's colonial pipe attack that sent gas prices soaring. >>> thursday, christopher ray compared to vital services to the september 11th attacks. and the issue is expected to dominate talks when president biden meets with european leaders later this month, especially during his first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. cnn's alex marquardt has more. >> reporter: the cyberthreats against the united states have grown so much it's like dealing with terrorism after 9/11. that urgent message from the head of the fbi chris ray. adding his voice to the alarm being sound by the biden administration over the growing ransomware attacks here and around the world. there are a lot of parallels. ray told "the wall street journal." the scale of this problem is one that i think the country has to come to terms with. >> before long, we are worried

fuel pipeline and on a major meat-packing company, were carried out by cybercriminals based in russia. and have called on the kremlin to crack down. the suggestion, of course, being that the russian authorities are currently allowing the cybergangs to operate with impunity. president putin made his remarks in an interview with russian-state television. on the sidelines of the st. petersburg international economic forum. take a listen to what he had to say. >> translator: it's just ridiculous, to blame russia for this. i think that the relevant-u.s. services should find out who the scammers are. not russia, for sure. for us to extort money from some company? we are not dealing with some chicken meat or beef. it's just hilarious. >> strong words there, from the russian leader. and they come, less than two weeks before he is scheduled to meet the u.s. president joe biden in a face-to-face summit in geneva, switzerland. hacking and cyberwarfare, just one of the four issues on the agenda. which is also likely to include sanctions, russia's treatment of kremlin critics, and military threats

well, today putin said russia is prepared to extradite cybercriminals to the u.s.n a reciprocal basis. president biden replying with us. >> yes, i'm open to -- if there's crimes committed against russia, that, in fact, are -- the people committing those crimes being harbored in the united states, i'm committed to holding them accountable. and i'm -- i heard that, i was told as i was flying here, that he said that, i think that's potentially a good sign of progress. >> joining me right now california democrat congressman berra who sits on the foreign affairs committee. what do you think about that, the two seemingly in agreement ahead of their meeting on wednesday, do you believe that's promising? >> you know, at least it's a starting point. i certainly don't fully expect vladimir putin to hold some of these cybercriminals because they obviously are operating -- >> you see there's a catch, possibly. >> i think there's a catch here. >> yeah, okay. president biden agreeing that the relationship between the u.s. and russia is indeed frayed. it's at a low point. what do

. $11 million in bitcoin after cybercriminals knocked out plants that process 20% of america's meat supply. to pay? or not to pay? is the dilemma all ransomware targets face. the small, new hall school district in california was attacked last fall. teacher payroll, grades, and lesson plans, locked up for nearly-two weeks, as hackers demanded big money. >> there is no school district that is position. we don't operate with funds just sitting around. >> reporter: with school systems strapped for cash and little money for cybersecurity, students' personal information can be vulnerable. ibm security x force calculates 1,700 schools and colleges were hit by ransomware last year. even more, this year. >> they don't have the expertise to respond to these type of incidents but still, they are getting targeted again and again. >> reporter: the company recently awarded six school districts half a million dollars, each, to beef up their cybersecurity defenses. 7,800 applied. meanwhile, cities, large and small, are also under daily attack. here in new orleans, it took nine months last year for the cit

the white house says russian cybercriminals likely carried out the attack that crippled the world's largest meat processing company. jbs, which has nine plants in the u.s., says the vast majority of its operations are back online. there are concerns the hack will impact food supply and push prices back up. >> i think it's going to have an effect on both ends of the supply chain. if you think about it, jbs and its processing facilities will supply to grocery stores and they supply to other folks who manufacture products, go to restaurant, all sorts of people. >> no word on whether jbs paid a ransom to end the attack. >>> president biden and senate republican negotiator shelly moore capido have agreed to meet again friday to try to clear the congressional gridlock over infrastructure spending. the white house wants to see progress by next week. the president wants to spend $1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and other investments. republicans have countered with a $928 billion bill and say tapping unspent covid aid will be key to reaching a bipartisan deal. >>> and had a shot? get a beer. that's

but this is a very significant series of attacks by these alleged russian cybercriminals against jbsnt to read you part of what the white house deputy spokesperson just told reporters. she said that jbs notified the administration that the ransom demand came from a criminal organization, likely based in russia. the white house is engaging directly with the russian government on this matter, and delivering the message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals, the fbi is investigating this incident. the president, according to his spokesperson has directed his administration and the usda to try to figure out how to mitigate any sort of impact on the nation's meat supply. the u.s. does get a lot of its meat, pork, chicken and beef from jbs. and what we know from jbs itself was that on monday they said that a series of organized cyberattacks hit their i.t. systems, both in north america, so the u.s. and canada, as well as as in australia. that took their systems offline. they did have backup servers from which to operate and that no data was compromised but, of course,

is unlikely to comfort anyone, but he did talk about potential areas of cooperation as well, cybercriminals, also talked about being open to the idea of some kind of a prisoner swap. there are two u.s. citizens being held in prison in russia, phil said there are other potential areas of cooperation as well, afghanistan, iran, but also president biden mentioning yesterday potentially libya and syria. so a fairly typical, i would say, of what we've seen from president putin before, a lot of deflection, a lot of what aboutism, and not much in the way of substantive answers but interesting to see as well that russian state television has been promoting this interview quite heavily. they obviously feel this is something of a public relations coup for them as well and is an important part of president putin setting the agenda from russia's perspective ahead of that summit. >> i realize i misspoke and called erdogan prime minister, he's the president of turkey. just wanted to clear that up. max, what are some of the potential pitfalls with putin that president biden needs to avoid? >> well, obviou

how investigators turn the tables on russian cybercriminals. >> and i believe if you come to our borderyou will be turned back. >>> immigration warning. vice president kamala harris sends a stern message to people thinking about coming to the u.s. illegally. >>> aviation history. the u.s. navy pulls off a first involving a drone and a fighter jet. well, good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the head of colonial pipeline is set to testify before a senate panel today about the cyber attack on his company. this covers as investigators reveal they've recovered more than $2 million in ransom that colonial paid to russian-backed hackers last month. you may remember that the attack forced colonial pipeline to shut down its systems last month, prompting fuel shortages in several states and a spike in gas prices. laura podesta is in new york. lura, what can we expect on capitol hill today? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, we can expect lawmakers to really grill colonial pipeline ceo joseph blount and figure out what steps the company took before paying the hackers

play ball to come up with some kind of extradition agreement for criminals to get through with cybercriminalsand of course, president biden heard about this last night and reacted positively, though he did not say he's not quite sure american criminals are hacking russia the same way russian criminals are hacking the united states these are more or less signs that the u.s. state of relations are in a really bad place. actually on friday in an exclusive interview with nbc's keir simmons president putin said they're actually the worst they've ever been, let's take a listen >> translator: we have a bilateral relationship that dae deteriorated in recent years >> i think he's right, it's a low point and it depends how he responds reacting to consistent to norms which in many ways he has not. >> why do you think he hasn't changed in behavior in spiteof everything that the u.s. has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> reporter: >> reporter: keir simmons is still here in moscow today, and he's going to be rolling out the full interview with president putin throughout the day definitely one yo

call today. public interest in mind when he paid more than $4 million in ransom to cybercriminals.it again if he had to, fearing the consequences of a lengthy shutdown. the hat caused gasoline shortages on much of the east coast last month. lawmakers argued that when one company pays it makes all us companies a target. but the ceo said he didn't have a choice. we've got the pipeline restarted on wednesday, the absolute right decision to make and i do. again under the same circumstances when critical infrastructure is run by a private entity that there need to be some rules and some frameworks to make sure that the interests of the american people are served yesterday, the justice department said it had recovered 85% of the digital currency at colonial pipeline that it paid to the hackers and experts say the recovery of most of the ransom sends a signal to cybercriminals that digital currency is traceable and recoverable. ktvu tom baker baker explains how the fbi tracked down more than $2 million worth of bitcoins. in any ransom demand even online, the most dangerous part for the cr

. >> reporter: the yesterday department linking the payment activity to the cybercriminals cryptocurrencyns valued $3.4 million. >> today we deprives a cyberenterprise. their financial proceeds and funding. cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. >> reporter: these threats on the rise, the nation's largest meat supplier still recovering from a massive ransomware attack. crooks coming after martha's vineyard, earlier this year china breaching computer systems of new york's mass transit agency, the largest in the nation. the biden administration saying no company is safe. >> pay attention now. invest resources now. failure to do so could be the difference between being secure now or a o victim later. >> reporter: back to you. >>> there is possible new hope tonight for people with alzheimer's. the fda approved today, announced the approval of a drug, the first new drug for for for alzheimer's in years. it is designed to slow the progression. >> it is the first only approved fda medication that really looks to address the under lying pathology of

geneva president biden wants to get to the bottom of whether russia is harboring some of these cybercriminals> you really have to treat russia like it's virtually a criminal enterprise. and i do think we have to push back >> i do think we need to have the ability to use some of our offensive capabilities there needs to be international repercussions, not simply one-off, united states acting alone. that's why, president biden going and rallying the democracies at the g7 meeting is so important >> the administration is even considering using intelligence agencies, not only to spy on the hackers, but to identify them and strike first frances. >> we'll see what kind of meeting june 16th is on the calendar tracie, thank you. >>> after a week's long manhunt, police have arrested two suspects in connection to the road rage shooting that took the life of a 6-year-old boy in california 24-year-old maurice anthony and 23-year-old lee wynn are in custody. police have not said what led to their capture. aiden lee owes was shot last month while his mom was driving him to school. the reward had climbed and

is confirmed how we work with law enforcement agencies such as the fbi to deter cybercriminals quick. >> as we heard earlier this week from the ceo of colonial to deal with that incident they reached out to the fbi and they immediately brought in t14 but that is the federal government that it immediately brought in t14 in those relationships evolved over the past couple of years and i would love to strengthen them. we understand the role is of course from the investigation from that pursuit process to ensure that all the key stakeholders and nonfederal private sector guidance and information and resources that they need to prevent such attacks. we know the end of the day this comes down to the basics of cyberhygiene, multifactor authentication so this is critical to get out the information needed so folks and how to protect themselves. >> colonial said they had not actually planned for the ransomware attack. they planned for other things but not that. so we have work to do. a few weeks ago you remarked the future of service is digital. but the covid-19 pandemic reveal just how many fe

. >> reporter: the yesterday department linking the payment activity to the cybercriminals cryptocurrencyt. taking back coins valued $3.4 million. >> today we deprives a cyberenterprise. their financial proceeds and funding. cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. >> reporter: these threats on the rise, the nation's largest meat supplier still recovering from a massive ransomware attack. crooks coming after martha's vineyard, earlier this year china breaching computer systems of new york's mass transit agency, the largest in the nation. the biden administration saying no company is safe. >> pay attention now. invest resources now. failure to do so could be the difference between being secure now or a o victim later. >> reporter: back to you. >>> there is possible new hope tonight for people with alzheimer's. the fda approved today, announced the approval of a drug, the first new drug fofofo alzheimer's in years. it is designed to slow the progression. >> it is the first only approved fda medication that really looks to address the under lying

food giant jbs now confirming it paid $11 million to cybercriminals after a ransomware attack closed its meat plants across the u.s. this after colonial pipeline paid $4.4 million in ransom after an attack that ended up cosing gas stations along the east coast. but the homeland security soak secretary in an exclusive interview at his agency's cyber command center said companies are being put in an impossible situation. >> we've lost $350 million in ransomware alone this year. >> this is really hard. so, what are you supposed to do if you have one of these attacks? pierre with us here in new york. i know authorities urging companies not to pay the ransom. but what are they doing to try to ramp up security? >> reporter: david, many economies are not doing enough, but some are getting the message. some hiring their own professional hackers to hunt for weaknesses. >> all right, pierre thomas, great to have you in new york, by the way. thank you, pierre. >>> there was one more note on the fbi director. director wray was pressed today about the attack on the capitol, on the case against th

cybercriminals, activists, wide open space to wreak havoc. >> is the response from the feds.a central goal of the recently most random were in digital extortion task force is to ensure full authority and resources of the department in confronting the many dimensions and root causes, that is coming from deputy attorney general lisa monaco. why have we waited until now to implement these defenses, put these resources toward this when we've known cyber is vulnerable not just during this administration, not just during trump or obama but since the start of the internet. >> great question. when biden meets with prudent, he cities going to talk to him about it but he needs to put him on notice. we've waited too long, that's the nature of the conflict which you only see bombs raining down brooklyn, people tend to put it on the back burner. i think americans are waking up. you may not be interested in cyber but cyber impact you and that is the reality for all americans today. the government has to impose costs, put some teeth behind the rhetoric spilling into the world right now and

america's food, transportation and fuel under attack by cybercriminals from around the globe.es were hit by a group in china. the ferry from nantucket to martha's vineyard also hacked. with -- what could be hit next? what the white house is saying this morning. >>> sprint to the finish. president biden unveiling a sweeping plan to get 70% of adult americans vaccinated by the fourth of july. the newest incentives and the warning for those still unvaccinated. cdc director rochelle walensky on "gma" this morning. >>> shocking standoff. a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl armed wit

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what did you >> he >> one thing we should appreciate these cybercriminal are not part of putin's innerircle, or oligarchs even those there's a close connection, mostly they want protection and exchange favor for they do for intelligence service. these are things that putin can take action on these cyber criminals without jeopardizing his power base. that's why i'm optimistic we can make some progress on this issue. there are some positive things from the post-summit the fsb director made very encouraging statements last week saying that he wants to see cooperation between u.s. law enforcement and russian law enforcement and cyber crime. there was an unprecedented meeting of the russian national security council led by putin on this issue they haven't done any of that before proof is in the police custodying >> why does vladimir putin have any interest in that maybe diplomatically he wants to show a hat tip toed by but vladimir putin gets enormous cyber capability from these criminals and he has a workforce trained to hit things in the united states if he needs it in the future they are

and country first in mind.of just one month ago, we were the victims of a ransomware attack by a cybercriminal group and that evencrypted our i.t. syste. although the investigation is still ongoing, and we believe the attacker exploited the legacy a vpn profile not intend to be in uuse, darkside demand a financial payment in exchange key to unlock the impacted systems. we had cyberdefenses in place, but the unfortunate reality is those defenses were compromised. the attack forced us to make difficult choices in realtime that no company wants to face. i'm proud ofge the way our peop reacted toto quickly isolate an contain the attack so we could get the pipeline back up and running safely. i am also very grateful for the sustained support of law enforcement and federal authorities, including the white house. we reached out to federal authorities within hours of the attack and they've continued to be true allies as we work to quickly and safely restore our operations. i especially want to thank the department of justice and thehe fbi for their leadership and the progress they announced earlier th

this is really a rare victory in the fight against these cybercriminals.ust as president biden prepares to meet with russian president putin and confront him on cybersecurity the justice department has now seized millions of dollars in ransom paid to the hackers that shut down the colonial pipeline. >> the old adage, follow the money still applies, and that's exactly what we do. >> reporter: the justice department seizing $2.3 million, more than half of the ransom by hacking the bitcoin wallet of the russian cybercriminal group darkside. >> today, we turned the tables on darkside. >> reporter: for six days last month the hackers crippled the key fuel line, triggering gas shortages and panic buying. colonial ultimately paying more than $4 million in ransom in hopes of bringing operations back online. >> i did make that decision that day. it was the right decision to make for the country. >> reporter: these attacks are increasing. in april, new york's transit agency was infiltrated by china. just last week the nation's largest meat supplier targeted. that wa

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. $11 million in bitcoin, after cybercriminals knocked out plans to process 20% of americas meat supplyall ransomware targets face. the small school district in california was attack last fall, teacher payroll, grades and lesson plans locked up for nearly two weeks as hackers demanded big money. >> there is no school district that is in a position, we don't operate with lush funds. >> which school system strapped for cash in little money for cybersecurity, students personal information can be vulnerable. ibm security x force calculus at 1700 schools and colleges were hit by ransomware attacks last year, even more this year. >> they don't have the expertise to respond to these types of incidents but they're getting targeted, again and again. >> the company recently awarded six school districts half 1 million dollars each to beef up their cybersecurity defenses. 7800 applied. meanwhile cities large and smaller also under daily attack. here in new orleans it took nine months last year for the city to recover from a ransomware attack, for while it put police, fire in public works back on pe

food supply, mass transit systems, hospitals, even entire cities have been recently victims of cybercriminals. so clearly these hackers think they can do this without punishment. even get millions for it. how do you stop it? >> yeah, you know, the weakest link continues to be the prevention technologies that a lot of these times obviously these events are not being prevented. we're mediating after the infection or after the exploit is taken advantage of. so providing preventive technologies is key here. thousands of events per week, dul doubling the amount of attacks. this issue is not going away. the tools they have are weapons grade. very sophisticated. our tools to defend them has that same level of sophistication. >> his company, colonial pipeline, reached out to the fbi within hours. i wonder how important that is. because right now there's no mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks on companies and big institutions that's required for them to report to federal authorities. does that need to change? >> yeah, especially in cases of, you know, national security, you know, fbi and cisa ne

fuel pipeline and on a major meat packing company were carried out by cybercriminals based in russia have called on the kremlin to crack down. the suggestion being the russian authorities are currently allowing the cybergangs to operate. putin made his remarks on russian state television. on the sidelines of the st. petersburg economic forum. take a listen. >> translator: it's just ridiculous to blame russia for this. i think the u.s. relevant services should find out who the scammers are. not russia for sure. for us to extort money for chicken and beef is hilarious j less than two weeks putin is expected to meet president biden in a face-to-face summit in geneva, switzerland. hacking is on one of the agendas. president putin hopes the meeting will be held in a positive matter but that he does not expect any breakthrough in russian/american relations. matthew chance, cnn. >>> despite the urgent messaging coming from the white house, president biden isn't yet calling the issue a national security threat. here is how the white house explained it when asked by cnn's kaitlan collins. >>

we provide a proportional -- and it's interesting, you noted ukrainians clamped down on some cybercriminals, some ransomware folks in ukraine that is exactly what the russian government should be doing and they're not. it's very telling that the ukrainian government decided to stick it to moscow by showing how it's supposed to be done. >> the timing was interesting. not a lot of time, but if putin doesn't follow through here, what should the administration do to make sure he does? >> first of all, we'll see what these talks are. when they talk about strategic stability, it's the whole military balance, so all the way from conventional forces, to nuclear, including all of the cyberactivity. they have to spell out rules of the road the united states is not going to give putin or any other senior russian officials another chance to shine in the spotlight until they take some action, stop their aggressive activity i'm not super-optimistic, but i think it was worth a shot, and we will see. the biden/putin summit, thank you. for americans with severe cases of covid regeneron announcing its antibo

the white house saying it's the job of big business to keep the world's cybercriminals from hacking america protect themselves.

the white house has not blamed the kremlin but has suggested russia is harboring cybercriminals. >>> we are seeing new video of the moments officers shot and killed a man on memorial day. san jose police released this video. they say undercover officers were conducting surveillance outside of 31-year-old demetrius stanley's home. police were investigating him for a robbery last march. video shows stanley walking out on the street holding what appears to be a gun and approaching an unmarked suv with a plainclothes officer inside. the doors open and that is when officer shot stanley for fear of his life. committee members believe stanley believed he was being stalked and was protecting his family. >> they could have been anybody. if i had the feeling that there was somebody outside of my house possibly trying to break into my homework into my car, i can't say what exactly i would do in that instance. >> the undercover officer who shot stanley is a 14 year veteran of the department and he has been placed on administrative leave. >>> the disgraced former director of the san francisco pub

gas stations, the meat aisle, what if the next time cybercriminals attack the power grid?ector gave a warning to the u.s. to wake up to the cyberthreat that the country is currently facing, comparing it to the challenge the u.s. faced after the attacks of 9/11 and saying that the u.s. government alone cannot deal with the threat. joining us now, senator angus king, independent of maine. he's an independent who caucuses with the democrats and joins us live from maine. thanks so much for joining us, senator. you said this week that you cannot overstate how concerned you are with the cyberattacks. you co-chair the cyberspace commission and sit on the u.s. intelligence committee. what are you most concerned about and has the u.s. responded offensively through retaliatory cyberattacks? >> well, you've asked two or three questions there. i'll take the last one first. there has been some responses. both from nsa and from the biden administration in terms of things like sanctions. so there have been responses, but i think we need to step that up. one of the problems is over the pa

the nation's leading meat processor they have for steve ministration to confront the reality of cybercriminals targeting our country. chris wray told the wall street journal the bureau is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware. many tracing back to hackers in russia, and compared to the current spate of cyberattacks the challenge posed by the september 11th terrorist attacks. white house says putin will hear from biden about the cyberattack during their geneva summit later this month. the nation's former cybersecurity chief says that discussion is long overdue. >> we need to make putin blink, we need to hit his pain points. we could turn the screws on him, we chose to not do that. >> the capital was the stage for the culmination of a two-year legal battle as former trump white house counsel don mcgahn appeared before the house judiciary committee. better late than never to testify about trump's effort to obstruct robert mueller's inquiry. a miracle we try to get mcgahn to fire mueller but he refused. the four subpoenaed mcgahn in 2019, a deal the biden administration led to toda