Biden: ‘No evidence’ Russia hacked Colonial Pipeline, but Putin needs to act

President Biden on Monday said there’s “no evidence” that the Russian government is behind the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack, but that it has a responsibility to respond because the suspected perpetrators are Russian.

Biden noted in his first remarks on the devastating oil pipeline hack that he plans to meet next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first overseas trip.

“I’m gonna have a conver — I’m going to be meeting with President Putin and so far there is no evidence based on, from our intelligence people, that Russia is involved. Although there is evidence that the actors’ ransomware is in Russia. They have some responsibility to deal with this,” Biden told reporters at the White House.