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Obama At G-20: Discussed Cybersecurity With Russia But U.S. Has Most Capacity

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

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Obama At G-20: Discussed Cybersecurity With Russia But U.S. Has Most Capacity

A screenshot of President Obama's press conference following the G-20 conference in Hangzhou, China. Source: White House YouTube video.

Following the G-20 summit in Hangzhou, China, President Obama said in a press conference Monday that he and Russian President Putin talked about cybersecurity issues at the conference, acknowledging past intrusions from them, but noted the U.S. has the greatest capacity of any country.Initially asked about allegations that Russia is meddling in the U.S. presidential election Obama said he would not comment on specific investigations, “But I will tell you that we've had problems with cyber intrusions from Russia in…

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