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'Weak against Putin': Biden is slammed for slow response to Friday's global cyberattack that has affected at least 1,000 US firms after saying he will decide on July 4 if Russia and Putin are to blame
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The president told reporters Saturday that it is not yet clear who is behind the latest cybersecurity breach to strike American businesses
- He warned the US 'will respond' if it is tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin
- Biden said he will know more Sunday when he is briefed by US intelligence
- A mass cyberattack hit at least 1,000 US firms in the run-up to July 4 weekend
- Security firm Huntress said Russia-linked REvil cyber gang was to blame
- It's the latest in a string of attacks on US companies from cyber criminal groups thought to be based in Russia
- Colonial Pipeline was forced to shutter following a breach in May cutting of fuel along one of the nation's biggest pipelines and sparking a fuel crisis
- The US's biggest beef supplier JBS was hacked weeks later - also by REvil
- Biden warned Putin at the Geneva Summit last month there would be consequences if ransomware attacks continued to hit the US
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-04 |
