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White House to host global anti-ransomware meeting without Russia

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WASHINGTON - Amid an epidemic of ransomware attacks, the U.S. is sitting down to talk cybersecurity strategy this week with 30 countries while leaving out one key player: Russia.The country that, unwittingly or not, hosts many of the criminal syndicates behind ransomware attacks was not invited to a two-day meeting starting Wednesday to develop new strategies to counter the threat.The virtual discussions will focus in part on efforts to disrupt and prosecute ransomware networks like the one that attacked a major U.S.

pipeline company in May, a senior administration official said. The attack on Colonial Pipeline, which led to gas shortages along the East Coast, was attributed to a Russia-based gang of cybercriminals.The exclusion of a.

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