"Three senior administration officials involved in sanctions work" say they are considering new sanctions against Russia for both U.S. election interference and the NotPetya cyberattack "launched in June 2017 by the Russian military."
BBC:
The White House said June's NotPetya ransomware attack caused billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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Ransomware, which threatens to delete the target's files unless they pay a ransom, is regarded as the fastest growing form of computer virus.
Experts believe about 2,000 NotPetya attacks were launched, mainly aimed at Ukraine ...
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On Thursday the UK government took the unusual step of publicly accusing the Russia military of being behind the attack.
"The UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity," the foreign office said in a statement. Later, the White House also pointed the finger at Russia.
"In June 2017, the Russian military launched the most destructive and costly cyber attack in history," a statement said.
"This was also a reckless and indiscriminate cyber attack that will be met with international consequences."
Russia, however, said the claims were "groundless" and that Russian businesses were among those whose systems were affected.
"It's not more than a continuation of the Russophobic campaign," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The [U.S.] officials said some sanctions have already been imposed against two Russian entities cited last week in a 37-page indictment from U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller about Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Those two are Concord Catering, and Concord Management and Consulting, which the indictment said controlled the Internet Research Agency, a group that coordinated the meddling.
Sanctions were imposed on them in June related to Russia's incursion into Ukraine.
But the officials did not provide much more in the way of specifics or any indication of timing. They also seemed to suggest they still may not have all the evidence they need to proceed.
The officials said a review is well under way at what more can be done in response to the meddling. They said they are also looking ahead to the potential for tampering in the 2018 midterm congressional elections next November.
"The process on sanctions is long; it's arduous; it's not pretty, but when the evidence is there and we're ready, we go ahead with the sanctions," one official said.
US is looking at potential new sanctions against Russia (Reuters)
UK and US blame Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack (BBC)