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Joe Biden said on Monday that “so far” there has been no evidence that the cyber-attack late last week on a US pipeline had any involvement from the Russian state – but Biden did say Russia “has some responsibility” to deal with ransomware attacks emanating from its soil.
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Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
April 15, 2021 • Presidential Actions
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, find that specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation — in particular, efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United States and its allies and partners; to foster and use transnational corruption to influence foreign governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine security in countries and regions important to United States national security; and to violate well-established principles of international law, including respect for the territorial integrity of states — constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.
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(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation:
(A) malicious cyber-enabled activities;
] (B) interference in a United States or other foreign government election;
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originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Like I said in the other thread.
I bet the attack came from the Ukraine.
The DarkSide hackers are state-sanctioned pirates
Nicolás Rivero 4 days ago
The FBI confirmed today (May 10) that a Russian hacking group called DarkSide was behind a recent cyberattack that shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the US.
DarkSide is not a unit of Russia’s intelligence services, and there’s no evidence that it is funded or directed by the Kremlin. Instead, DarkSide is a private, for-profit criminal organization that operates under the benign neglect of Russian authorities. DarkSide reserves its mischief for Russia’s geopolitical rivals—companies based in the US and western Europe—and Russian authorities don’t interfere with its work.
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originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Like I said in the other thread.
I bet the attack came from the Ukraine.
That makes no sense whatsoever. More so when we know that the "Darkside hackers" are Russian and live in Russia.
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Like I said in the other thread.
I bet the attack came from the Ukraine.
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Why is it so difficult for people to believe that not everything that happens in Russia is part of some greater plot by the Kremlin?
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Why is it so difficult for people to believe that not everything that happens in Russia is part of some greater plot by the Kremlin?
Because for the past 4 years CNN and MSNBC have screamed that everything from Russia is part of a Trump/Kremlin collusion conspiracy.