White House grapples with spike in ransomware attacks as cyber vulnerabilities are laid bare

The attacks have laid bare for President Joe Biden and senior officials the vulnerabilities that exist in private-sector networks to attacks from criminal syndicates based in Russia. They have also exposed the limits of the federal government’s ability to prevent major disruptions to American life, at least based on current laws and resistance from some private firms to federal interference.As Biden prepares for his first foreign trip, the issue is set to take an outsized role during his talks with