President Obama has said he does not want to start a " cyber - espionage arms race " with other countries , following a tense 90-minute meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China . he said he did not want a “ credible threat ” situation to develop , where countries with greater security need to compete with others . " We 've got more capacity than anybody both offensively and defensively , " he said , and added that the US had experienced previous " cyber attacks from terrorists . "
President Obama has said he does not want to start a "cyber-espionage arms race" with other nations, following a tense 90-minute meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in China. Obama said he did not want a “Wild West” situation to develop, where countries with greater capacity tried to compete with others. "We've got more capacity than anybody both offensively and defensively," he said, and added that the US had experienced previous "cyber intrusions from Russia."