Commentary The Biden administration claims that Russia and Russian-based hackers are responsible for recent ransomware attacks on major American industries. Maybe they are, but there’s no good reason to believe it. After U.S. spy services, private cybersecurity firms, and the press falsely attributed the 2016 hack of Democratic National Committee emails to Russia, the national security establishment has forfeited the confidence of the American public. Last month hackers shut down Colonial Pipeline, which affected gas supplies in eleven states and the District of Columbia. Colonial reportedly paid the hackers, an affiliate of a Russia-linked cybercrime outfit, a $4.4 million ransom. Last week, the world’s largest meat processing company, JBS, had to shut down all nine of its U.S. plants after it was hacked. The culprit, according to the FBI, was another Russia-linked group. These hacks follow much larger cyberattacks on SolarWinds that also penetrated the information technology firm’s clients, like the …
Blaming Russia for Ransomware Attacks a Hard Sell, Given Empty Russiagate Accusations
June 6, 2021
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