{"id":583596,"date":"2021-07-06T07:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583596"},"modified":"2021-07-06T07:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:20:46","slug":"alleged-russian-criminals-launch-largest-ransomware-attack-ever-after-biden-putin-meeting-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-russian-criminals-launch-largest-ransomware-attack-ever-after-biden-putin-meeting-last-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month"},"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%2Falleged-russian-criminals-launch-largest-ransomware-attack-ever-after-biden-putin-meeting-last-month%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=583596&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Biden-4.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A notorious criminal organization, believed to be Russian, launched the largest ransomware attack in history just before the Fourth of July, which comes after Democrat President Joe Biden claims that he talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month about not attacking critical U.S. infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of American businesses were hit by what was described as \u201can unusually sophisticated ransomware attack\u201d that \u201chijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based supplier called Kaseya,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/200-businesses-hit-by-ransomware-following-incident-us-it-firm-huntress-labs-2021-07-02\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe attackers changed a Kaseya tool called VSA, used by companies that manage technology at smaller businesses. They then encrypted the files of those providers\u2019 customers simultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Security firm Huntress Labs said that they believe that the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang was behind the attack, the same group that the FBI said was behind an attack on a meat company last month. The criminal organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kaseya-atttack-biggest-known-ransomware\/\">offered<\/a> a software key on the dark web late on Sunday for $70 million in Bitcoin that they said would unlock everything. The group <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/russian-speaking-hackers-claim-major-ransomware-attack-which-has-hit-hundreds-of-us-companies-12349018\">claimed<\/a> that they \u201claunched an attack on MSP providers\u201d that resulted in \u201cmore than a million systems\u201d being infected.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/07\/05\/kayesa-ransomware-70-million-fbi\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><em>Already, the ransomware attack has temporarily shut down hundreds of Sweden\u2019s Coop grocery stores because the cash registers were locked up. In New Zealand, nine schools were affected in some ways, forcing some students to shut down their computers, according to the New Zealand Herald. ESET Research said on Twitter it had identified victims in 17 countries so far.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Experts noted that cyber criminal organizations often wait for holidays to launch attacks because people take time off and there are less people monitoring network security.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was eating ice cream at a local shop in Michigan over the weekend when he was asked to respond to the news. Biden was widely criticized over his response because he appeared to struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Biden pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and read it as he appeared to try to gather his thoughts in response to the question about the attack. Biden claimed that he would respond if it were the Russians but claimed without evidence that \u201cthe initial thinking was it was not the Russian government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6734693877551\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Confused Joe Biden has to pull out notes to answer question on Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L2eUnXlSJQ\">pic.twitter.com\/L2eUnXlSJQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1411424168852299778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden reportedly pleaded with Putin during his meeting with the Russian leader last month to not launch cyberattacks against the U.S., saying that he gave the Russians a list that \u201cshould be off limits to attack, period, by cyber or any other means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave them a list, if I\u2019m not mistaken \u2014 I don\u2019t have it in front of me \u2014 16 specific entities; 16 defined as critical infrastructure under U.S. policy, from the energy sector to our water systems,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was slammed over the move with many national security experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-ignites-firestorm-over-what-he-told-putin-on-cyberattacks-one-of-the-most-pathetic-moments-in-u-s-diplomatic-history\">calling<\/a> the move weak and pathetic.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A notorious criminal organization, believed to be Russian, launched the largest ransomware attack in history just before the Fourth of July, which comes after Democrat President Joe Biden claims that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314050,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Biden-4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Biden-4.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583596","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=583596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}