{"id":555854,"date":"2021-06-07T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555854"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:21:13","slug":"officials-warn-of-potential-hacking-attempts-as-ransomware-cyberattacks-are-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-warn-of-potential-hacking-attempts-as-ransomware-cyberattacks-are-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials warn of potential hacking attempts as ransomware cyberattacks are on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fofficials-warn-of-potential-hacking-attempts-as-ransomware-cyberattacks-are-on-the-rise%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=555854&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_2418415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2418415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a press briefing at the White House. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:12 PM PT \u2013 Monday, June 7, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>An alarming rise in cyberattacks targeting U.S. businesses has prompted officials to call for action. Joe Biden\u2019s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claimed that the U.S. energy grid is vulnerable in the face of alleged foreign attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are very malign actors who are trying even as we speak,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Sunday, Granholm reiterated the fears of alleged foreign hackings which she suggests could leave entire regions of the U.S. without electricity. She cited recent shutdowns of the Colonial Pipeline and a meat-packing company as examples of what could happen to the entire power grid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what the President is doing. He\u2019s working with our allies,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cHe\u2019s working with countries around the world because other countries, even Russia, they don\u2019t want to see their sectors attacked by malign actors, by rogue non-state actors and not to mention state actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics say Biden officials have failed to prevent or address recent cyberattacks which they claim didn\u2019t occur under President Trump. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested that Russia should be held responsible. During an interview on Sunday, the Republican senator said that our critical infrastructure is very exposed and added that it\u2019s time for Russians to pay the price. Graham went on to mention that he doesn\u2019t believe attacks were ordered from President Vladamir Putin or the Putin regime, but that the hackers live in Russia with impunity and are tied to the country\u2019s intelligence services.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Ransomware Guide is a key resource for all organizations. This free guide gives you tools to prevent, mitigate, and recover from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ransomware?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ransomware<\/a> attack. Take action today to secure your networks: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4FDMX7B6nV\">https:\/\/t.co\/4FDMX7B6nV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CacJ8Eh5I1\">https:\/\/t.co\/CacJ8Eh5I1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CISAgov\/status\/1400919541778157573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Graham\u2019s remarks come not long after the Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson warned that cyberattacks may pose the greatest threat to our national security. During an interview on Saturday, Gibson said cyberthreats keep her up at night rather than the possibility of another Capitol breach.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson also mentioned that senators may have sensitive information in their possession that they don\u2019t want to be exposed. She went on saying, \u201cI would worry about, I think, nation state actors or others who might try to just really cripple the government\u2019s ability to function by locking down cyber communications networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks come as Democrats and the mainstream media are pushing for a 9\/11 style commission to look into the January 6 attack. However, in recent weeks transportation systems, news stations and energy companies were targeted by hackers.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/calls-for-dr-fauci-to-step-down-intensify-from-gop\/\">Calls For Dr. Fauci To Step Down Intensify From GOP<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a press briefing at the White House. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:12 PM PT \u2013 Monday, June 7, 2021 An alarming rise in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279509,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}