US President Joe Biden on Monday urged US companies to make sure their digital doors are locked tight because of "evolving intelligence" that Russia is considering launching cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets as the war in Ukraine continues.
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Addressing corporate CEOs at their quarterly meeting, Biden told the business leaders they have a "patriotic obligation" to harden their systems against such attacks. He said federal assistance is available, should they want it, but that the decision is theirs alone.
Biden said the administration has issued "new warnings that, based on evolving intelligence, Russia may be planning a cyberattack against us. ... The magnitude of Russia's cyber capacity is fairly consequential, and it's coming."
The president said the federal government is "doing its part" to prepare for an attack and warned the private-sector CEOs that it also is in the national interest that they do the same.
