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2021-06-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Biden Says 'Looking' at Russia Retaliation Over Cyberattack
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
 said Wednesday he is "looking" at possible retaliation after the White House linked Russia to a cyberattack against global meat processing giant JBS.

Asked by a news hound if he would take action against President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
, whom he will meet for a summit in Geneva later this month, Biden said: "We're looking closely at that issue."

The ransomware attack on a US subsidiary of Brazilian-owned JBS has again prompted accusations that Russia is at least harboring cybercriminals.

Similar suspicions were raised after ransomware hackers forced the temporary shutdown of the huge Colonial fuel pipeline in the eastern United States last month.

Asked if Putin is testing him ahead of their summit, Biden said "no."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday attributed the attack to "REvil and Sodinokibi," which experts have said are two names for the same hacking group with ties to Russia, and said it was "working diligently to bring the threat actors to justice."

"We continue to focus our efforts on imposing risk and consequences and holding the responsible cyber actors accountable," the FBI said in a statement.
Posted by Fred 2021-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 I see a Strongly Worded Letter(tm) being written.

They might even go as far as send it.
Posted by CrazyFool 2021-06-04 00:48||   2021-06-04 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Joe still has flash drive, but only for little girls. He can create a malicious Russian cookie or a computer virus or his own version of ransom ware. But, I am sure he will just let trusty Dominion handle it...
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-04 02:33||   2021-06-04 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 

BIDEN LOGIC
Let's warn them well in advance, so they be caught off guard ☺.
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Sorry given my Trusted Circle info, I am still not buying the "Hack" story as printed.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-06-04 08:17||   2021-06-04 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Biden said: "We're looking closely at that issue."

"Maybe we won't offer him seconds on dessert."
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-06-04 09:25||   2021-06-04 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 I could suggest a few retaliatory measures. First would be to block an entire range of Russian IP addresses from access to the US network. There are firewalls that can do that and I've suggested it many times in the past. Block a range of IP addresses and, if the attacks continue, block another range and then keep blocking until the attacks stop.

But this ignores the larger question which is: If we have so little control over our internet users that we can't mandate stricter security measures, how much control do you suppose Putin has? He is the ruler of a backward country and it is probably a huge mistake to assume that he can control the cyber criminals.

Another question is why are we busting Putin's balls when Xi is just as bad if not worse?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-06-04 12:56||   2021-06-04 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 But then, the biggest question of all: Is Biden so badly compromised that he can't do anything at all?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-06-04 12:59||   2021-06-04 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 ^^^^^^
Yes!
Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-06-04 13:16||   2021-06-04 13:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Looking at? He'll look the other way instead.
Posted by Raj 2021-06-04 14:45||   2021-06-04 14:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey, I thought these were "Private sector problems".

They've been trying to pin something on Russia for what 5, 6 years now? And its all been bullshit, so forgive me for not buying this.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-04 15:02||   2021-06-04 15:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Looking for ways to whitewash it - or blame it on Trump.
Posted by CrazyFool 2021-06-04 15:17||   2021-06-04 15:17|| Front Page Top

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