BY THE EDITORIAL PAGE STAFF OF THE FREE LANCE-STAR
THE CONVENTIONAL wisdom that you donât pay ransom money because it just rewards the kidnappers and encourages them to do it again is apparently out the window when it comes to computerized kidnapping of major infrastructure.
Bloomberg first reported last Thursday that the Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. paid hackers $5 million in untraceable cryptocurrency after they shut down the nationâs largest gas pipeline, forcing major gasoline and jet fuel shortages along the entire East Coast. That included Virginiaâwhere GasBuddy reported that 52 percent of the commonwealthâs stations found themselves out of gas on Wednesday.
Debate over hackers’ motive rages amid calls for tough response [Bloomberg News :: BC-CYBER-MOTIVE-EEDITION:MCT]
WASHINGTON As researchers from Silicon Valley to Washington race to understand the full effect of the massive cyberattack that breached computer networks in the government and private sector, one of their thorniest unanswered questions centers on motive.
Already, investigators and government officials have pointed to an elite group of hackers tied to the Russian government and suggested a fairly obvious rationale: that it was an espionage operation aimed at nabbing classified intelligence and other inside information.
But some lawmakers and people involved in the investigations have said that the magnitude and breadth of the hack point to other objectives, including undermining Americans’ faith in the systems themselves. U.S. cybersecurity officials have warned that the attackers pose a “grave risk” to federal, state and local government agencies, in addition
Debate over hackers’ motive rages amid calls for tough response [Bloomberg News :: BC-US-CYBERATTACKS-MOTIVE:BLO]
WASHINGTON As researchers from Silicon Valley to Washington race to understand the full effect of the massive cyberattack that breached computer networks in the government and private sector, one of their thorniest unanswered questions centers on motive.
Already, investigators and government officials have pointed to an elite group of hackers tied to the Russian government and suggested a fairly obvious rationale: that it was an espionage operation aimed at nabbing classified intelligence and other inside information.
But some lawmakers and people involved in the investigations have said that the magnitude and breadth of the hack point to other objectives, including undermining Americans’ faith in the systems themselves. U.S. cybersecurity officials have warned that the attackers pose a “grave risk” to federal, state and local government agencies, in addition
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Russian Hackers’ Motive Baffles U.S.: Mere Espionage, or Worse?
Bloomberg 12/23/2020 William Turton
(Bloomberg) As researchers from Silicon Valley to Washington race to understand the full impact of the massive cyber-attack that breached computer networks in the government and private sector, one of their thorniest unanswered questions centers on motive.
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Already, investigators and government officials have pointed to an elite group of hackers tied to the Russian government and suggested a fairly obvious rationale: that it was an espionage operation aimed at nabbing classified intelligence and other inside information.
But some lawmakers and people involved in the investigations have said that the magnitude and breadth of the hack point to other objectives, including undermining Americans’ faith in the systems themselves. U.S. cybersecurity officials have warned that the attackers pose a “grave risk” to federal, state and local gove