The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted the flow of gasoline and other petroleum products throughout the eastern U.S. since Friday, is
Pipeline cyberattack prompted NYPD to take precautionary action
NYPD reacted to pipeline cyberattack
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said soon after the department learned of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, it quickly spread the word through the CCSI, which stands for Critical Infrastructure Partners.
NEW YORK - Not long after the Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on Friday in a cyberattack, the New York City Police Department was informed.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said the department then quickly spread the word through the CCSI, which stands for Critical Infrastructure Partners, as law enforcement at the federal and state level tried to determine exactly what was happening.
DOJ Launches Task Force to Battle Ransomware Threat Twitter Get Permission
The Justice Department is creating a task force to tackle the growing threat of ransomware and related extortion schemes targeting school districts, hospitals and others, according to an internal department memo that began circulating this week.
The newly established Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force will include DOJ officials as well as representatives from the FBI and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.
The task force will target the ransomware criminal ecosystem as a whole, which means prosecuting those behind the attacks as well as those who launder money that s extorted, the memo states.
DOJ Launches Task Force to Battle Ransomware Threat govinfosecurity.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from govinfosecurity.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Get Permission The Biden administration is reviewing former President Donald Trump s policies addressing potential national security and cybersecurity concerns about certain Chinese-owned companies as it looks to forge new plans for dealing with a wide range of issues related to China.
In the last four years, the Trump administration viewed certain Chinese companies - especially telecommunication technology companies, such as Huawei, and those offering social media apps, such as TikTok - as threats to U.S. national security because they could collect large amounts of data on American citizens and potentially share it with the Chinese government.
In the last week, the Biden administration has asked a federal court to delay a hearing on whether TikTok should be banned in the U.S. as the White House studies Trump s previous executive orders to reassess the policy. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post report that ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, is she