The US government thought about offensive cyberatics on Russian hackers due to the frequent hacking of American companies with extortionable viruses. It is reported by NBC News TV channel with reference to sources.
According to the publication, in the administration of Joe Bayden, they want to consider cyberataks with a threat to national security. According to officials, if earlier such hacks were just a nuisance, now they are often fraught with significant economic damage. This, in particular, is evidenced by recent cyber attacks on the manufacturer of the JBS meat and the COLONIAL PIPELINE pipeline operator, which led to supply failures.
Over the years, such hacks with the requirement of ransom were considered as purely criminal cases, since they were not carried out by governments, but by private individuals. However, American officials note that it rarely came to criminal prosecution, because most attackers live in Russia and other countries where American law enforcement agencies cannot do anything.
In Washington, we are convinced that Russia allows hackers to freely engage in its criminal activities, since their goals become the West. At the same time, in the administration of Byyden, they realize that any US cyber attacks on Russian goals can be fraught with response measures from Russia.
May 30 The world’s largest manufacturer of JBS meat has undergone cyberatak, because of this, they stopped the work of many scothes. The representative of the White House Karin Jean-Pierre said that the Hackers could be located on the territory of Russia. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United States attributes kiberatak to Revil and SodinokiBi services.
Before that, on May 8, Colonial Pipeline reported that it was attacked by a virus-extortionist. The US media reported that a grouping of hackers and their DarkSide community are worth a kiberatak.