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In this July 3, 2021, file photo, a sign that reads: "Coop Forum supermarket in Vastberga is closed due to IT disturbances, no prognosis as to when we will open again", on a closed Coop supermarket store in the suburb of Vastberga, Stockholm, Sweden. The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organizations crippled in the global incident. Kaseya spokeswoman Dana Liedholm would not say Thursday, July 22, how the key was obtained or whether a ransom was paid. She said only that it came from a trusted third party and that Kaseya was distributing it to all victims. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT via AP, File)

Kaseya deploying ransomware decryptor key on victims of REvil attack

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
A security surveillance camera is seen near the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese cyber actors pose 'major threat' to U.S. national security

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
In this May 11, 2021, file photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ** FILE **

Feds detail alleged Chinese cyberattacks on American pipelines starting in 2011

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. 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. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

'Criminal contract hackers': China, Iran, Russia enlist more high-tech gangsters for cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
According to the indictment, the MSS hackers used an array of malware and hacker techniques, including a technique called "steganography" that allowed the intelligence agency to place stolen data inside of images to conceal the location on the internet.

'Name and shame' campaign offers rare glimpse into China's cyber operations

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China rejects hacking charges, accuses U.S. of cyberspying

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the CPC and World Political Parties Summit held in Beijing Tuesday, July 6, 2021. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

U.S., allies say Chinese intelligence service behind massive Microsoft hack

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
In this May 12, 2021, file photo, the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company in Charlotte, N.C. U.S. pipeline operators will be required for the first time to conduct a cybersecurity assessment under a Biden administration directive to be issued Thursday in response to the ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Not just the money: Ransomware a growing political threat to U.S. interests

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. 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. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

'Reminiscent of the Obama administration': Cyberattackers ignore Biden's red lines

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Crews work in the rubble of the Champlain Towers South building, as removal and recovery work continues at the site of the partially collapsed condo building, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Surfside condo collapse: Officials investigating identity theft targeting 'multiple' victims

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Biden admin. ramps up ransomware attack effort

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
In this Monday, June 13, 2016, photo, the LinkedIn logo appears on a screen at the post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Google discovers Russian hackers using LinkedIn to target government officials

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer. For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity, at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July 2021 for a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world and escalated U.S.-Russia diplomatic tensions. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

REvil, Russia-based cyber gang, abruptly vanishes following series of ransomware attacks

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times
The Army and Navy declined to comment on the cyberattack hitting HX5 and each referred questions to U.S. Cyber Command. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

REvil's hit on defense contractor tests Biden's tough talk on cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
The Republican National Committee building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

RNC denies report of breach by Russian hackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this July 3, 2021 file photo, a 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. The Swedish grocery chain Coop said most of its 800 stores would be closed for a second day Sunday because their cash register software supplier was crippled. (Ali Lorestani/TT via AP, File)

Major ransomware victim works on patch as REvil cybercriminal gang seeks $70 million

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Hands on keyboard By NONWARIT / shutterstock.com

Intelligence agencies detail alleged 'brute force' hacking methods used by Russia

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video call with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian and Belarusian officials in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 1, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

By Nomaan Merchant and Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak - Associated Press
Gloved hands on a computer keyboard (By welcomia / shutterstock.com)

Hackers breach Afghan government in China-related espionage campaign, cybersecurity firm finds

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this file photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Fear of doomsday cyberattack yields truce between feds and private sector

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ** FILE **

Negotiating with ransomware criminals creates new business for security professionals

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this April 21, 2021, file photo, Lina Khan, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

From Biden to Congress, Big Tech is under mounting pressure

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press
In this June 21, 2021, photo, Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi waves at the conclusion of his news conference in Tehran, Iran. Biden administration officials are insisting that the election of a hard-liner as Iran’s president won’t affect prospects for reviving the faltering 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. But there are already signs that their goal of locking in a deal just got harder. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Iran claims several state media websites have been seized by U.S.

By Associated Press
In this Tuesday, July 31, 2018, photo, an FBI employee works in a computer forensics lab at the FBI field office in New Orleans. More than 20 people working for the FBI headquarters in Louisiana are working on cyber security. They include experts working at forensics labs, doing forensics on computer hard drives and developing techniques for analyzing computer memories in efforts to fight and find intruders, according to the special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans field office. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

For FBI's cyber sleuths, catching ransomware thieves like hunting serial killers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed at a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami International Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ** FILE **

Paying fortifies ransomware gangs but scant support for bans

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press
In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters as lawmakers work to extend government surveillance powers that are expiring soon, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats called for an investigation on Thursday, June 10, 2021, after The New York Times reported that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump seized the communications data of members of the House Intelligence Committee, including those of Schiff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Schiff calls for new cyber rule to hold nations accountable for criminal cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
This April 26, 2017 file photo shows the Google mobile phone icon, in Philadelphia. Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, reports financial results, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Google’s digital advertising network has shifted back into high gear after an unprecedented reversal during the early stages of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Google app coding glitch left Android users' private data vulnerable to attackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he meets with President Joe Biden, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GOP slams Biden for giving Putin 'Sweet 16' list of targets off-limits to cyberattacks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with U.S President Joe Biden at the "Villa la Grange" in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-U.S. counterintel chief: Russia could halt cyber strikes 'in one moment'

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden gives Putin a list of U.S. infrastructure off-limits to cyberattacks

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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