- 13 May 2021 20:32
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Well it's good to hear that Biden might be willing to use some of our own cyber warfare to retaliate against the group responsible. He needs to be willing to take the leash off the rottweilers when it's necessary to do so to keep the country safe. But Russia has a responsibility to prosecute these criminals too otherwise they are complicit.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/politics ... index.html
Kevin Liptak and Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN wrote:President Joe Biden said Thursday he does not believe the Russian government was behind a cyberattack that shut down the pipeline supplying gasoline to the eastern US but said Moscow must do more to stop such attacks coming from Russia.
When asked directly if he would rule out any sort of cyberattacks targeting the criminal group that carried out the attack, Biden simply said, "No."
Speaking from the White House's Roosevelt Room Thursday afternoon, the President provided an update on the Colonial Pipeline incident, seeking to assure the American people that his administration is mitigating gas shortages in the Southeast and protecting Americans from price gouging in the aftermath of the shutdown.
"We do not believe -- emphasize, we do not believe -- the Russian government was involved in this attack," Biden said. "But we do have strong reason to believe that the criminals who did the attack are living in Russia. That's where it came from."
Moscow bears a responsibility to stop such attacks when they originate within its borders, the President added.
"We have been in direct communications with Moscow about the imperative for responsible countries to take decisive action against these ransomware networks," he went on.
Colonial Pipeline, which carries fuel from refineries along the Gulf Coast to New Jersey, learned of the cyber threat on Friday and shut down operations, while engaging federal agencies and a third-party cybersecurity firm, FireEye, to investigate the attack. The attack on the critical pipeline highlighted growing concerns over the vulnerabilities in the nation's critical infrastructure, as ransomware attacks have worsened over the years, with recent targets as varied as state and local governments, hospitals and police departments.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/politics ... index.html
"I need ammunition, not a ride!" -Volodymyr Zelenskyy