Thread by @selectedwisdom

Countering ransomware problem requires imposition of costs "FBI Director Christopher Wray, in a WSJ interview, calls the fight against cyberattacks a shared responsibility that includes government agencies, the private sector and average Americans" wsj.com/articles/fbi-d…

for almost a decade, the U.S. response in cyberspace has been hand wringing, half steps, sanctions, charges against hackers unlikely to be arrested. Not gonna work, we know this because problem has only gotten worse

Guessing admin will head into Biden-Putin summit, will issue a "stern warning" but stern warnings have been repeatedly issued & Russia doesn't stop, because they know nothing will happen, U.S. won't follow through

This time, what if U.S. thought like Putin and took retaliatory action before the summit? U.S. enters negotiations on its heels, Russia leans in before negotiations, so when they concede they are still advancing from status quo.

In DC circles, these discussions have been years of ominous talk of cyber "Pearl Harbor" doomsday movie fantasies. Right now, our oil pipeline has been shuttered, our food supply shocked, our democracy subverted & where is the source? Russia. Its a cancer, not Pearl Harbor

The cancer of Putin's Russia in cyberspace is at least Stage 3, are we going to wait till the turn off the lights? hack NASDAQ? Do we have to have a Pearl Harbor before we act? Maybe this time U.S. should act before June 16, come in strong

Cyber strategists always offer "we're more vulnerable" but what's more vulnerable than repeated different infrastructure failures due to cyber attacks every week?

Cyber strategists argue about Russian/other country sovereignty with regards to cyber, throw up their hands? But we've seen what happens when countries harbor terrorists, we now see what happens when other countries harbor cyber criminals. Is the answer sanctions? charges? NO

U.S. stance on cyber is operating from a position of never taking any future losses. Inoperable & prevents deterrence, instead leading to more losses. Balance must be restored, will require more than negotiations, "stern warnings" & sanctions.

current system leaves private sector to feel as if they are on their own, which leads to them paying ransom, incentivizing more ransomware attacks, or private sector undertaking their own retaliation overtime - not good.