Biden White House under pressure to ramp
up response to escalating ransomware attacks
Posted By: NorthernDog, 7/7/2021 7:04:45 PM
WASHINGTON — Amid a spate of recent high-profile, costly ransomware attacks, the White House is under increased pressure to respond, leading to a high-level interagency meeting on Wednesday morning. Over the long holiday weekend, a Russia-based cybercrime outfit called REvil claimed responsibility for infiltrating a network-monitoring tool sold by the software company Kaseya, taking hostage files belonging to 800 to 1,500 small and medium-size businesses in the U.S., Europe and Asia, according to the company, and demanding $70 million to unlock them all. While ransomware has existed as a means for extortion for many years, cybercriminals have taken advantage of lowered
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TWA Flight 800 remnants to be
scrapped, 25 years after explosion
killed 230 passengers, crew 18 replies
scrapped, 25 years after explosion
killed 230 passengers, crew 18 replies
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WASHINGTON — Amid a spate of recent high-profile, costly ransomware attacks, the White House is under increased pressure to respond, leading to a high-level interagency meeting on Wednesday morning. Over the long holiday weekend, a Russia-based cybercrime outfit called REvil claimed responsibility for infiltrating a network-monitoring tool sold by the software company Kaseya, taking hostage files belonging to 800 to 1,500 small and medium-size businesses in the U.S., Europe and Asia, according to the company, and demanding $70 million to unlock them all. While ransomware has existed as a means for extortion for many years, cybercriminals have taken advantage of lowered
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Hunter Biden art show
sparks ethics concerns 32 replies
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Joe-Joe said the attack was no BFD. In the meantime Kaseya software had hidden vulnerabilities exposed.