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Rick Newman June 3, 2021, 12:46 PM As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden never mentioned ransomware. As president, however, he must craft a solution to a burgeoning economic and national-security threat that may now rank as dangerous as terrorism.  Ransomware attacks, perpetrated by hackers who paralyze an organization’s computer network and demand a ransom payment to unlock it, aren’t new. They date back to at least 2006 as a kind of side gig for enterprising hackers. What is new...

Pressure is mounting for companies and federal agencies to crack down on such cyberattacks.

The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to combat ransomware, as hackers find new ways to exploit the vulnerabilities of corporations and governments for big payoffs by threatening to disrupt critical infrastructure.

The meatpacking incident adds to a long list of brazen criminal attacks that have shut down businesses, government agencies, schools and hospitals.

Comments Wednesday were the most coordinated and forceful the White House has been about Russia allowing cybercrime within its borders.

Today’s Headlines and Commentary The Justice Department will give ransomware attack investigations a similar priority as terrorism, according to Reuters. New internal guidance at the department directs U.S. attorney’s offices around the nation to coordinate ransomware information with a central task force in Washington. This policy comes after two major ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and meat distributor JBS in the past month. The guidance reads, “To ensure we can make necess...

The White House says on Tuesday it has contacted Russia regarding the ransomware attack against JBS SA, the multinational meat producer. It's a positive sign of

After the ransomware attack against meat-processing giant JBS, the White House says it has contacted Russia, putting it on notice that "responsible states do

Hackers will offer the victim a key in return for cryptocurrency payments that can run into millions of dollars