{"id":584246,"date":"2021-07-06T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584246"},"modified":"2021-07-06T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T20:35:32","slug":"biden-says-latest-ransomware-attack-caused-minimal-damage-is-confident-in-us-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-latest-ransomware-attack-caused-minimal-damage-is-confident-in-us-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says Latest Ransomware Attack Caused \u2018Minimal Damage,\u2019 Is Confident In US Response"},"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%2Fbiden-says-latest-ransomware-attack-caused-minimal-damage-is-confident-in-us-response%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=584246&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\/President-Joe-Biden-e1625599746809.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.413902771468\">\n<p>President Joe Biden says he is confident in the U.S. government\u2019s ability to respond to ransomware attacks Tuesday, saying the most recent incidents against companies have caused \u201cminimal damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russia-based hacking group REvil claimed responsibility for widespread ransomware attacks against hundreds of U.S. companies and more than a thousand companies worldwide on Friday. Reporters present asked whether the attack rose to the level of requiring U.S. retaliation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/joe-biden-putin-russia-hacking-jbs-colonial-pipeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden To Press Putin On JBS, Colonial Pipeline Hacking, Will Not \u2018Take Options Off The Table\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received an update from my national security team this morning. It appears to have caused minimal damage to U.S. businesses, but we\u2019re still gathering information to the full extent of the attack,\u201d Biden responded. \u201cI\u2019m going to have more to say about this in the next several days\u2026 I feel good about our ability to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"9.7459283387622\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden says he will address ransomware issues in the coming days as he prepares to hear from his team following their review of strategy and options for disrupting the attacks. \u201cI feel good about our ability to respond,\u201d Biden says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Mnv8WbIyl\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Mnv8WbIyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevinliptakcnn\/status\/1412493504631214080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin in June the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/16\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-summit-geneva-summary-constructive-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would be forced to respond<\/a> if ransomware attacks continue originating in the country. The administration reportedly does not consider the Friday attack to be evidence that Putin ignored the warning, however. Officials are waiting six months to see whether Russian ransomware incidents begin to decrease, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/biden-under-pressure-respond-russian-hackers-claims-responsibility-ransomware-attack-n1273123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows I will take actions, like we did this last time out,\u201d Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/watch\/biden-consequences-for-russia-if-ransomware-attacks-election-interference-continues-114933317769\">said<\/a> of Putin in June. \u201cWhat happened was, we in fact made it clear that we were not going to continue to allow this to go on \u2026 He knows there are consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The REvil hacking group <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/06\/revil-kaseya-ransomware-cyber-attack-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has demanded $70 million<\/a> in exchange for a decryption key that would unlock data for affected companies. The group\u2019s attack centered on the Kaseya corporation, a company that provides software to companies across the globe. Roughly 1,500 of its client companies have been affected by the attack.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden delivers remarks on U.S. coronavirus vaccination strategies (FULL - 7\/6)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3W3mg5syQDQ?start=2627&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden says he is confident in the U.S. government\u2019s ability to respond to ransomware attacks Tuesday, saying the most recent incidents against companies have caused \u201cminimal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314106,"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\/President-Joe-Biden-e1625599746809.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says Latest Ransomware Attack Caused \u2018Minimal Damage,\u2019 Is Confident In US Response","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584246","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\/President-Joe-Biden-e1625599746809.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Says Latest Ransomware Attack Caused \u2018Minimal Damage,\u2019 Is Confident In US Response","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584246","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=584246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}