RANGE OF OPTIONS

The White House said Wednesday that President Biden has a “range of options” that he can choose from to respond to new Russian-linked cyberattacks, but the president hasn’t yet decided whether to take action.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One Wednesday that Biden had not decided on a course of action for responding to the ransomware attack on software company Kaseya and other potential attacks last week, there would be more to come.

“In terms of operational considerations, obviously it is not in our interest to preview those, or preview our punches as I like to say. The president has a range of options should he determine to take action,” Psaki said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Biden administration had yet to attribute the ransomware attack to any particular actor or country, though cybersecurity experts have linked it to the Russian-based “REvil” cyber criminal group. This is the same organization the FBI linked to the ransomware attack in May on JBS USA, the nation’s largest beef provider.