The United States is not yet sure who is responsible for the major ransomware attack that has hit businesses around the world. That’s what President Biden said. Hundreds of companies have been affected in the US and many companies in Europe have also reported as victims. Swedish supermarket chain Coop has been attacked paralyzed.
“The first thought was that it was not the Russian government, but we are not sure yet,” Biden said in response to the attack. He has ordered his intelligence services to investigate the matter. Biden says the US will respond if it turns out that Russia is responsible for the attack.
REvil group
Computer security experts previously said it appears that the Russia-affiliated REvil group is behind the attack. That group is held responsible by the American police service FBI for a cyber attack on the Brazilian meat giant JBS, two months ago.
In a ransomware attack, or ransomware, computers are taken down (held hostage) by criminals until the affected company pays a ransom. The attack most likely started with Kaseya, a company that provides software to manage computers remotely. Last night the National Cyber Security Center gave a warning from.
We explain how a ransomware attack works in this video:
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