FBI Says It Is Investigating About 100 Types of Ransomware: Report

FBI Director Christopher Wray informed the Wall Street Journal that the company is investigating about 100 differing kinds of ransomware, many of which hint again to actors in Russia.

In the interview printed on Friday, Wray singled out Russia as harbouring many of the recognized customers of ransomware.

Each of the 100 totally different malicious software program variants are accountable for a number of ransomware assaults within the United States, Wray informed the newspaper.

The Kremlin on Friday mentioned the FBI director’s comment that Russia was a haven for hackers was “emotional”, RIA reported.

Wray’s remarks come days afD SA’s North American and Australian operations. The White House linked the assault to a Russia-based group.

Last month, the largest US gasoline pipeline Colonial Pipeline, was hit by a ransomware cyberattack, which crippled gas supply for a number of days within the US Southeast. The FBI attributed the cyberattack to a gaggle believed to be primarily based in Russia or Eastern Europe.

The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware assaults to a comparable precedence as terrorism, a senior division official informed Reuters on Thursday.

Ransom software program works by encrypting victims’ information; sometimes hackers will supply the sufferer a key in return for cryptocurrency funds that may run into the lots of of hundreds and even tens of millions of {dollars}.

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