![]() ![]() The Russian embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes. In the past, the Russian government has denied any ties to hacking campaigns and insisted most cyberattacks originate from the United States. Many of these attacks were blamed on Russian-speaking criminal gangs rather than government-sponsored groups, but some experts think Russia’s government implicitly tolerates attacks against U.S. ![]() Several private companies have also been hit by ransomware attacks - a strategy in which hackers demand extortion payments - in the last two months: A large gasoline pipeline operator on the East Coast shut down its operations due to a hack in May, the United States’ largest beef producer shuttered many of its plants following a cyberattack about a month ago, and most recently, software company Kaseya says hundreds of its clients may have been affected by an attack last week. Cozy Bear was accused of infiltrating several federal agencies last year by exploiting a vulnerability in tech company SolarWinds’ software, and the 2016 hacks against the DNC were allegedly carried out by Cozy Bear and another separate Russian group. Key BackgroundĪmerican companies and political entities have faced a slew of cyberattacks in recent years, many of which appeared to originate in Russia. GameLoop, a global leading free Android emulator to play mobile games on PC. “Our team worked with Microsoft to conduct a review of our systems and after a thorough investigation, no RNC data was accessed,” RNC Chief of Staff Richard Walters said in a statement. The FBI confirmed Monday that the culprit is a strain of ransomware called DarkSide, believed to be operated by a Russian cybercrime gang referred to by the same name.
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