‘Colossal’ Ransomware Attacks Hit US, Biden Warns Putin

WASHINGTON – President United States of America (AS) Joe Biden warn the President Russia Vladimir Putin that Washington would respond if Moscow was behind cyber attack mass that hit at least 200 companies at the start of the Independence Day weekend.

“We weren’t sure who it was. The initial thought was that it wasn’t the Russian government,” Biden said.

“But if it was Russia, I told Putin that we would respond,” he said – referring to a summit of the two leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, last month. New York Post, Sunday (4/7/2021).

Biden stated that he has not spoken to the Russian president since being briefed on the attacks ransomware . Cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs blamed the ransomware gang, REvil, with links to Russia.

Reported earlier, the cyberattack hit the computing network of US IT company Kaseya, affecting many of its clients. This prompted the company to urge companies to shut down servers to avoid ransomware.

Cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs said on a Reddit forum that it worked with the partners targeted in the attack, and that about 200 businesses “were encrypted.”

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Meanwhile, several days ago several US and British agencies revealed details of the “brute force” method used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.

The advice released by the US National Security Agency describes attacks by operations linked to the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency.

Also read: US and UK uncover hacking methods by Russian spies

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