US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russia to deal with crime in cyberspace. His words transmits CNN.
Diplomat reminded Moscow about the situation with the COLONIAL PIPELINE pipeline and noted that the attackers in it are allegedly connected with Russia. “The group responsible for Kiberatka, its leaders were located in Russia, so I think that the Russian side is obliged to make such cyber attacks,” he said.
Blinken concluded that the threat of cyberant in the world is growing in the world for the purpose of extortion of money. He stressed that each country is obliged to do everything possible to resist criminals and prevent new attacks.
Colonial Pipeline is one of the largest pipeline operators in the United States. On May 8, the company reported that it was attacked by the virus-extortionist. The US media reported that the kiberat was worth a grouping of Hackers and their Darkside community. On May 19, the redemption amount, which the company’s general director paid the attackers to prevent the full stop of the pipeline work to be fully stopped.