The operation to seize cryptocurrency paid to the Russia-based hacker group is the first of its kind to be undertaken by a specialised ransomware task force created by the Biden administration Justice Department.
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DHS Cybersecurity Chief Warns That More Ransomware Attacks on Infrastructure Are Likely Following Colonial Attack
The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency warned that following the ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, more and more attacks may hit American infrastructure and businesses in the near future.
Acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brandon Wales made that assertion in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Thursday.
Wales was asked by a senator about whether more ransomware attacks will occur following the success of the Colonial Pipeline hack last week. “That is true,” Wales responded.