在将近一个小时的通话中，总统乔·拜登与俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·普京讨论了勒索软件攻击，随后表示他对两国之间的交流“乐观”。
讨论，他们的自瑞士会议以来的第一次据受影响的软件供应商称，上个月的一次大型峰会是在又一次大规模软件攻击影响了全球多达1500家企业的几天后召开的。
拜登告诉记者:“我向他非常清楚地表明，美国期望当一个勒索软件操作来自他的——尽管它不是，不是由国家赞助的——我们期望他采取行动，如果我们给他足够的信息，让他对那个人采取行动。
拜登补充说，这种袭击仍将有美国的后果，但没有提供细节。一名高级政府官员周五表示，美国将在“未来几天和几周内”采取行动应对最新的网络攻击
“准确地说，我们不会公布这些行动会是什么。有些将是显而易见的，有些可能不是，但我们预计这些将在未来几天和几周内发生，”这位官员说。
但在日内瓦峰会几周后，奥巴马表示乐观，认为两国至少现在有了明确的沟通渠道。近年来，两国关系因大量不同问题而陷入低谷。
拜登在谈到这次通话时说:“我们现在已经建立了一种定期沟通的方式，以便当我们每个人都认为另一个国家正在发生影响母国的事情时，能够相互沟通——因此，通话进行得很顺利。
当被问及他希望或期待普京对网络攻击采取什么行动时，拜登表示反对。
“我现在说我期望他做什么是不合适的。但我们会看到的，”总统告诉记者。
克里姆林宫在自己的声明中表示，两国总统“强调需要在网络安全领域进行实质性和建设性的合作，并继续进行相关接触。”
白宫表示，没有迹象表明俄罗斯政府对此负责最新的勒索软件攻击其中来自网络犯罪集团REvil的黑客通过软件供应商Kaseya渗透到IT管理公司及其企业客户中。该公司表示，其50名客户直接受到威胁，但多达1500家依靠这50名客户获得信息技术安全的企业可能受到威胁。
REvil据信位于俄罗斯或东欧，负责JBS的入侵世界上最大的肉类加工企业，该公司关闭了设施，影响了肉类供应，包括美国的供应。该组织要求卡西亚袭击的受害者支付7000万美元的比特币。
尽管俄罗斯政府可能没有参与其中，但它一直否认对自己的网络攻击负责干扰在2016年的美国大选中太阳能大规模黑客攻击这影响了全球数十个政府部门、私营公司和其他实体，包括近十几个美国机构。
克里姆林宫周五表示:“尽管俄方准备共同打击信息领域的犯罪表现，但过去一个月，美国主管机构没有收到关于这些问题的上诉。
周五下午，一名高级政府官员推迟了克里姆林宫的读数。
他们说:“我们已经通过官方渠道向俄罗斯转达了针对网络犯罪分子的多项具体行动请求，并明确了俄罗斯在采取行动方面的责任，包括今天再次在两位总统级别采取行动。
这种语言表明俄罗斯政府在这个问题上仍然缺乏合作。白宫拒绝透露拜登是否收到普京的任何新保证，而是将美国广播公司新闻的问题转交给克里姆林宫。
In hour-long call, Biden discusses ransomware with Putin after another massive attack
In a nearly one-hour call, PresidentJoe Bidendiscussed ransomware attacks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying afterward he was "optimistic" about communications between the two countries going forward.
The discussion, theirfirst since meeting in Switzerlandlast month for a major summit, comes days after another massive ransomware attack affected as many as 1,500 businesses around the world, according to the software vendor that was impacted.
"I made it very clear to him that the United States expects when a ransomware operation is coming from his -- even though it's not, not sponsored by the state -- we expect him to act if we give him enough information to act on who that is," Biden told reporters.
Biden added that there will still be U.S. consequences for such attacks, without providing details. A senior administration official said Friday the U.S. would be taking action to respond to the latest cyber attacks in the "days and weeks ahead."
"We're not going to telegraph what those actions will be, precisely. Some will be manifest and visible, some of them may not be, but we expect those to take place in the days and weeks ahead," the official said.
But weeks after their Geneva summit, the president expressed optimism that the two countries, whose relations have hit a low point in recent years over a mountain of different issues, at least now had clear lines of communication.
"We have set up a means of communication now on a regular basis to be able to communicate to one another when each of us thinks something is happening in the other country that affects the home country -- and so, it went well," Biden said of the call.
When asked what actions he wanted or expected Putin to take against the cyberattacks, Biden demurred.
"It's not appropriate for me to say what I expect him to do now. But we'll see," The president told reporters.
The Kremlin said in its own readout that the two presidents "stressed the need for substantive and constructive cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and the continuation of relevant contacts."
The White House has said there's no indication the Russian government is responsible for thislatest ransomware attack, in which hackers from the cyber criminal group REvil infiltrated IT management companies and their corporate clients through the software vendor Kaseya. The firm said 50 of its customers were directly compromised, but as many as 1,500 businesses that rely on those 50 customers for IT security could be compromised.
REvil is believed to be based in Russia or Eastern Europe and was responsible forthe hack of JBS, the world's largest meat processor, that took facilities offline and affected meat supplies, including in the U.S. The group demanded a $70 million bitcoin payment from the victims of the Kaseya attack.
While the Russian government may not be involved, it has consistently denied responsibility for its own cyberattacks, from itsinterferencein the 2016 U.S. elections to themassive SolarWinds hackthat affected dozens of government ministries, private companies and other entities around the world, including nearly a dozen U.S. agencies.
"Despite the readiness of the Russian side to jointly suppress criminal manifestations in the information space, no appeals on these issues have been received by the competent US agencies over the past month," the Kremlin said Friday.
A senior administration official pushed back on the Kremlin's readout Friday afternoon.
"We have relayed multiple specific requests for action on cybercriminals, to Russia through official channels, and been clear about what Russia's responsibility is, with regard to taking action, including again today at the level of two presidents," they said.
That language indicated a continued lack of cooperation from the Russian government on the issue. The White House declined to say whether Biden received any new assurances from Putin, referring ABC News' questions to the Kremlin.
