American President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met this past weekend. Yes, they did discuss cyber security, although they mostly talked about election fraud. But don’t expect some cyber security alliance anytime soon. Trump and Putin vs Cyber Hacking: can it happen?
I guess not. Because hours after this meeting, Trump backfired. He tweeted this cyber security unit can’t happen. However, Trump does want to continue working with Putin. But I doubt cyber security is going to be a factor. If it is, it will probably be to fight election fraud. Even Republicans blasted this idea. For example, Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said, “”It’s not the dumbest idea I have ever heard, but it’s pretty close”. ?Talk about not mincing words.
But Marco Rubio ?(R-FL) went even further. He compared a Trump-Putin ‘Cyber Security Unit’ to a Syrian ‘Chemical Weapon Unit’. Those are almost fighting words! But there is another reason this won’t work. Since November 2016, the Trump Administration ?fought rumors of Russia interfering in the last election. And these rumors are coming from everywhere. Are they true? I don’t know. But Putin sure denies it. That’s why very few want this cyber security alliance. Even Trump himself backed out on it.
But is seems to me this is has little to do with cyber security. This seems more like a political witch hunt. I am not here to side with any party. But we need to do something about cyber security. It’s a global threat that stares down every person in the world. Haven’t Wannacry and Petya taught us anything? Furthermore, don’t they know there are cyber crooks that will sell your identity for literally a few dollars? And then there are groups that could really mess up our world through hacking. This is what the world needs to address. Global hacking is one of the biggest threats to any IT service. ?Let’s stop the witch hunt and start focusing on what really threatens us all. So I ask you. Trump and Putin vs Cyber Hacking: can it happen?