The other battlefront that could break out between the United States. Russia
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, on Friday stressed the measures taken against the Russian government, also adding President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to the list of officials subject to sanctions.
The confrontation between the two powers, the United States and Russia, was in two battlefields: diplomatic and economic, but among the Americans there is a fear that the attack will move to cyber attacks, a place where the Russians have shown great ability by leaving some damage in the past.
As I mentioned CNN Last Tuesday, “A senior FBI cyber official warned U.S. companies and local governments that they should be on the lookout for potential attacks from Ransomware, Just days after several US agencies. He issued a similar warning to executives of major US banks. U U.”.
Among the precedents of cyber attacks on US infrastructure are remembered: “Solar wind breakthrough that infiltrated several government agencies in 2020, attack Ransomware This led to the shutdown of one of the largest U.S. fuel lines for several days last year and another attack on one of the world’s largest meat producers, GPS.”, Note CNN.
It is important to understand that Ransomware It’s kind of Malicious software This poses a danger to the organs. “Ransom”is an English word meaning”ransom”. The Ransomware It’s Software Extortion: its purpose is to prevent you from using the device until a ransom is paid,” according to the Kaspersky portal.
Although these attacks are not directly related to the Russian government, the US authorities assume that Hacker He has the” blessing ” of Russia. “They do not work directly for the Russian government, but they work under a set of rules…
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