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In this July 3, 2021 file photo, a sign reads: Temporarily Closed. We have an IT-disturbance and our systems are not functioning , posted in the window of a closed Coop supermarket store in Stockholm, Sweden. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. (Ali Lorestani, TT/AP)
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said Tuesday that damage to U.S. businesses in the biggest ransomware attack on record appears minimal, though information remained incomplete. The company whose software was exploited said fewer than 1,500 businesses worldwide appeared compromised but cybersecurity experts caution that the incident isn’t over.
Ransomware attack didnقt hit critical US infrastructure: IT firm July 07 2021 12:00 AM Reuters/ Washington The ransomware attacks on hundreds of businesses that were centred on Florida IT firm Kaseya were never a threat to US critical infrastructure, the company said yesterday.
In a statement that was also forwarded to reporters by the US National Security Council, Kaseya “this attack was never a threat nor had any impact to critical infrastructure,” the statement said.
The hack that struck Kaseya’s clients many of whom are back office IT shops commonly referred to as managed service providers may not have had an impact on critical infrastructure in the United States, but the repercussions abroad have been serious.
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Biden: U.S. damage appears minimal in record ransomware attack
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that damage to U.S. businesses in the biggest ransomware attack on record appears minimal, though information remained incomplete. The company whose software was exploited said fewer than 1,500 businesses worldwide appeared compromised but cybersecurity experts caution that the incident isn’t over.
Also Tuesday, a security researcher who chatted online with representatives of the Russia-linked REvil gang behind the attack said they claimed to have stolen data from hundreds of companies, but offered no evidence.
Answering a reporter’s question at a vaccine-related White House event, Biden said his national security team had updated him Tuesday morning on the attack, which exploited a powerful remote-management tool run by Miami-based software company Kaseya in what is known as a supply-chain attack.
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