{"id":514745,"date":"2021-05-16T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=514745"},"modified":"2021-05-16T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:36:08","slug":"dhs-cybersecurity-chief-more-ransomware-attacks-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-cybersecurity-chief-more-ransomware-attacks-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS cybersecurity chief: More ransomware attacks coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-cybersecurity-chief-more-ransomware-attacks-coming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=514745&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2407520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2407520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Wales, acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency with the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:25 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, May 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Acting director of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s cybersecurity agency Brandon Wales warned lawmakers that more ransomware attacks are on the horizon. In an appearance before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday, Wales cited the SolarWinds hack last year which he said should have acted as a wake-up call to the danger that was to come.<\/p>\n<p>This after the Colonial Pipeline was shut down earlier this month after a suspected Russian ransomware attack blocked its computer systems sending gas prices soaring across the Southeastern U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCyber attacks on our nation\u2019s infrastructure are growing more sophisticated, frequent and aggressive. Wales voiced his concerns stating, \u201cmalicious cyber actors today are dedicating time and resources towards researching, stealing and exploiting vulnerabilities\u2026using more complex attacks to avoid detection and developing new techniques to target information and communications in supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican Senator Rob Portman asked Brandon Wales, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, about the agency&#8217;s response to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack at a Senate hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EgG8KW0PYi\">https:\/\/t.co\/EgG8KW0PYi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DukHPQ7BFt\">pic.twitter.com\/DukHPQ7BFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1392217950808117250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The FBI said DarkSide, a group relatively new to the ransomware, was behind the attack and asked for a ransom of $5 million. Reports say around $350 million was paid out in ransomware attacks last year with incidents up almost 300 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The Colonial Pipeline is responsible for nearly half of the fuel supply on the East Coast. It fully returned to normal operations on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-stefanik-selected-as-no-3-house-republican-after-ouster-of-rep-cheney\/\">Rep. Stefanik Selected As No. 3 House Republican After Ouster Of Rep. 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