Moscow Rejects U.S. Ransomware Attack Claims
May 11, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden said there were indications the ransomware in the cyber attack on the U.S. fuel pipeline was "in Russia."
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Russia on Tuesday rejected U.S. accusations that a Russia-based group was behind a ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States.
"We categorically reject the baseless fabrications of individual journalists and reiterate that Russia does not conduct 'malicious' activity in the virtual space," the Russian Embassy in the United States said in a statement.
On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden said there was no evidence of Russian government involvement in the cyber attack on the U.S. fuel pipeline but said there were indications the ransomware was "in Russia."